{"id":52016,"date":"2025-06-03T01:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=52016"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:19:30","slug":"police-investigate-possible-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/police-investigate-possible-murder-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Investigate Possible Murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2550\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/12\/15\/investigation-looks-at-farmers\/investigation-glass\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Investigation-Glass.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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