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An Urbana man shot and killed his wife before fatally shooting himself on New Year’s Day, state authorities said.
On January 1, the Urbana Police Department received a 911 call from 59-year-old Garry Jensen who said he had shot and killed his wife Margaret Jensen, who was 54, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
When law enforcement arrived at their home at 300 E. Main Street in Urbana, they found Margaret deceased from an apparent gunshot wound, and Garry also deceased, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Autopsies on the couple by the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner confirmed Margaret’s cause of death was a gunshot wound and manner of death was homicide. Garry’s death was ruled a suicide.
By Jason Taylor
Jan 6, 2021
URBANA, Iowa - Investigators now say a murder-suicide led to the death of a married couple on New Year’s Day in Benton County.
Urbana Police say Gary Jensen told a 911 operator he shot and killed his wife. Officers then found both Jensen and his wife dead at their residence on East Main Street.
An autopsy has now determined that Jenson murdered his wife and then committed suicide.
Gary Jenson was 59-years-old.Margaret Jensen was 54.
The State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny conducted the autopsy.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Benton County Sheriff’s Office, and Benton County Attorney’s Office all assisted in the investigation.
By Jason Taylor
Jan 6, 2021
URBANA, Iowa - Investigators now say a murder-suicide led to the death of a married couple on New Year’s Day in Benton County.
Urbana Police say Gary Jensen told a 911 operator he shot and killed his wife. Officers then found both Jensen and his wife dead at their residence on East Main Street.
An autopsy has now determined that Jenson murdered his wife and then committed suicide.
Gary Jenson was 59-years-old.Margaret Jensen was 54.
The State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny conducted the autopsy.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Benton County Sheriff’s Office, and Benton County Attorney’s Office all assisted in the investigation.
Authorities investigating a New Year’s Day double-shooting in Urbana have ruled the deaths a murder-suicide.
According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Urbana police received a 911 call from 59-year-old Garry Jensen stating that he had shot and killed his wife.
Officers who responded to the home at 300 Main Street Friday found the body of 54-year-old Margaret Jensen. They also discovered the body of Garry Jensen. Both died of apparent gunshot wounds.
The DCI said autopsies conducted by the State Medical Examiner confirmed that the cause of Margaret Jensen’s death was homicide. Garry Jensen’s death was ruled a suicide.