Deputies ID couple in murder-suicide near Troutdale

NEAR TROUTDALE, Ore. — Multnomah County Sheriff's deputies have identified a couple found dead in a murder-suicide as 61-year-old Ellen Larson and 62-year-old Keith Gregory Larson.

A medical examiner determined that Ellen Larson died from multiple gunshot wounds, and her death was ruled a homicide. Keith Larson was found to have died from a single gunshot wound. His death was ruled a suicide.

Deputies responded to the initial report of a body found in a car outside a home at 1701 Northeast Seidle Rd. Saturday afternoon.

A landscaping crew spotted the body when they arrived to do some work at the house.

When deputies arrived, they found a dead woman in the car and a dead man inside the home.

Deputies say the shooting deaths likely happened on the evening of Friday, Aug. 20.