Medical Examiner Rules On Deaths

Sallisaw police closed a case Monday after the state medical examiner reported that two persons found dead in September at a Sallisaw residence, died as a result of homicide and suicide.  Police Chief Terry Franklin reported on the police department's Facebook page, "At this time we consider this case closed."

On September 28, Sallisaw police did a welfare check on a man and woman in a residence at 108 S. Maple in Sallisaw.  Police found one woman, identified as Katie Waggle, 34 and one man, Vince Rayner, 47, dead.  The two bodies were sent to the state medical examiner to determine cause of death.

The medical examiner reported a short time later, that Waggle died of multiple sharp force injuries and her death was a homicide.  Last week the medical examiner concluded the investigation by reporting Rayner's death was a suicide, the result of multiple sharp force (knife) injuries to both sides of the neck and both forearms.  By Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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