Alsip woman, dad in murder-suicide

A 73-year-old man shot and killed his 36-year-old daughter andthen fatally shot himself in their Alsip home, police said Friday.

Edward DeYoung, of 3614 120th Pl., shot his retarded daughter,Annie, once in the head with a .38-caliber revolver and then shothimself in the head, said Alsip Police Chief Warner Huston.

DeYoung, a widower, left a suicide note, the chief said.

The bodies were found Thursday evening by DeYoung's son, James,who lived with his father and sister, Huston said.

The son found his sister's room darkened, turned on a light anddiscovered her body on the bed, with a stuffed animal clutched in herarms, the chief said. She apparently had been shot while sleeping,he added.

The son found his father's body next to her bed. Police foundthe handgun DeYoung had apparently used beneath his body, the chiefsaid. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.