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thedrifter
09-03-09, 08:05 AM
Family: Iraq vet shot self and wife
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Sep 2, 2009 7:17:15 EDT

REPUBLIC, Wash. — An Iraq war veteran and his wife were found shot to death in what may be a murder-suicide. Family members blame post-traumatic stress suffered by Chad Olson, 21, during his deployment.

Olson, a former Marine who served in Iraq, was found dead in the home in Republic along with his wife, Jessica Armstrong, also 21.

The Saturday deaths are being investigated by the Washington State Patrol.

KREM-TV of Spokane said the couple married on July 10, and that Armstrong filed for separation two weeks later. Olson's relatives released a statement saying the young man returned from Iraq a changed person, and suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Ellie