Teen discovers grandparents' bodies after murder-suicide

A teenager found his grandparents just where he might expect to find them yesterday on a balmy, summer morning - grandma was in the kitchen and grandpa in the shed, according to police.

But the state in which he found them is something no one should ever have to see.

He found both dead of gunshot wounds to the head in what police said was a murder-suicide.

Authorities were called to the elderly couple's house on Northeast Avenue near Grant, in the city's Bustleton section, about 10:35 a.m., according to police.

Homicide Sgt. Bob Wilkins said that the teen had been sent to the house by his mother after his grandparents did not return phone messages left for them by family members Tuesday night and yesterday morning.

Police said the husband shot his wife and then himself.

Real-estate records list the couple as Michael Cabry, 74, and Judith Cabry, 71, names that neighbors confirmed.

Wilkins said that police had not discovered any medical or financial issues that may have precipitated the shootings.

A neighbor who asked that her name be withheld said through tears that she could think of no reason for what occurred on the quiet street of well-manicured lawns.

She said that the couple didn't appear to have any major medical or financial issues and that they seemed to make it a point to get out and be social.

"They were really nice, churchgoing, normal people," she said. "This is a guy who, on recycling day, brings your empty canister back to your house."

She said that Michael Cabry could often be seen mowing his lawn and that Judith was often in the rear yard, reading a book.

"You work all your life and you expect to retire and just be happy," she said.

"They seemed like they had each other. They seemed like they had it all."