By Associated Press - Wednesday, September 5, 2018

BOWNE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a western Michigan couple each died from blows to their heads.

The Kent County Sheriff Department said autopsies Wednesday determined 66-year-old Theodore Syrek and 62-year-old Patty Syrek were victims of homicide. Undersheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young said investigators found the Syreks dead in their bedroom in their Bowne Township home Tuesday.

No arrests have been made.

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One of the Syreks’ children had called police to ask them to check on the couple.

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