Akron Police Probe Suspected Murder-Suicide After Couple Found Dead

Overview

• Officers conducting a welfare check just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday found a man and woman dead from gunshot wounds in a home on the 200 block of Casterton Avenue.
• The victims were identified as Sharleen Kohnke, 60, and her husband, Robert Kohnke, 39, and both were pronounced dead at the scene.
• The Summit County Medical Examiner ruled Sharleen’s death a homicide from multiple gunshots to the head and determined Robert died by suicide from a single gunshot to the head.
• Akron police say the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide and report no ongoing threat to the community.
• Police initiated the welfare check at the request of an out-of-state relative and ask anyone with information to contact detectives or submit anonymous tips through Summit County Crimestoppers, text TIPSCO to 274637, or use the Akron Police app.