Tired of being a burden to the family, grandparents decided to commit suicide | Chronic

The Chilean prosecutor's office and the police are investigating the circumstances in which a 94-year-old man killed his 86-year-old wife and then committed suicide in Santiago, Chile, according to official sources .

The corpses of José Aedo and his wife Blanca Sáez, were discovered during the last hours by a granddaughter of their house, located in the municipality of El Bosque, in the south of the Chilean capital. The weapon was legally registered in the name of the wife, said the Commissioner of Journalists Eduardo Aros, investigative police (PDI).

Instead was a letter in which husbands, married for 62 years, explained that they had decided to commit suicide because they were tired of living and depended financially on their family, consisting of four children and seven grandchildren. In addition, he said the woman was very sick, according to sources.

According to neighbors and relatives themselves, there is no history of domestic violence between them and they lead a quiet and harmonious life. A few days ago, they went together for a medical consultation, according to the site. millennium.com.

According to the granddaughter who found the bodies, her grandparents liked each other and often said that their desire was to stay together forever. "All people are shocked, the whole population because of the death of one and the other, because we were not expecting it, we would not have not even imagine, a few years ago, they have adult children and grandchildren "commented a neighbor.

What about the letter, "It is a question of investigation, evidence is gathered for the respective expertise in the institution's forensic laboratory"Commissioner Aros said. "According to preliminary information, it would act of a femicide with subsequent suicide, whose wife would have been killed by the wife"said the researcher, although neither the prosecutor's office nor the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality spoke about it.

According to official data, this year in Chile, six have completed their feminicide and twelve others have been frustrated.