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Two Owatonna Area Teens Dead After Murder-Suicide
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Medford, MN (KROC-AM News) - Authorities in Steele County say the weekend deaths of two teenagers were the result of a murder-suicide.
A news release issued today by the Steele County Sheriff's Office says the preliminary autopsy results have confirmed that 18-year-old Chandra Pelcha was murdered and 19-year-old Jerome Caldwell took his own life. The evidence indicates Caldwell fatally shot the other teenager in the chest and head before turning the gun on himself.
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Both victims were found in a home in Medford shortly before 8:30 Friday night. The Steele County Sheriff's Office previously described the death says suspicious and stated that was no threat to the public.
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