Killings Believed Murder-Suicide

Thu., Aug. 14, 1997

From Staff And Wire Reports

Preliminary autopsy results support the theory that two people found dead in a pickup near Mammoth Hot Springs victims of a homicide-suicide. Officials said they were apparently wanted for theft in Idaho.

The victims were identified by Yellowstone National Park officials as Ronald Robert Reimann, 48, and his mother, Norma Jean Reimann, 69, both of Blackfoot, Idaho.

The truck with a camper-style top was checked Sunday by rangers, who found nothing unusual. The bodies were discovered after rangers returned to the site the following day and detected an odor.

Preliminary autopsy results from the Wyoming State Crime Lab coupled with investigative findings indicated that Ronald Reimann shot his mother twice in the head with a .357-magnum, killed the family’s pet cat and then shot himself once in the head.

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