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Michigan State Police released a statement saying the bodies of WCXT/WSJM host Denise Bohn-Stewart and Eric Stewart were found in their home Tuesday. The release says investigators believe Stewart killed his wife before killing himself. Details weren't released.
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A WCXT 98.3 FM morning show host and her husband were found dead inside their Southwest Michigan home Tuesday morning.
Denise Bohn-Stewart and her husband, Eric Stewart, were found dead in their house in the 3100 block of Wyndwicke Drive in Berrien County's Royalton Township, according to a statement on the Facebook page of the radio station 98.3 The Coast.
The 45-year-old Bohn-Stewart co-hosted a morning radio show at 98.3 The Coast. "We have lost a member of our family at Mid-West Family Broadcasting," the 98.3 radio station posted.
In Lansing, Michigan House Appropriations Chairman Al Pscholka, R-Stevensville, took a moment before a committee hearing Tuesday morning to remember Bohn-Stewart, who he called "a young woman who was a leader in our community."
According to mlive.com, authorities with the Berrien County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police have not yet released the circumstances of the couple's death, but the Herald Palladium newspaper reported that police initially described the call as a double shooting and said there were no signs of a break-in.
The couple had two sons and a daughter, who were home and called 911 just after 6:30 a.m., according to the 98.3 The Coast Facebook post. The children were not physically hurt.
According to WSBT22, in South Bend, Eric Stewart worked at the Cook Nuclear Plant. "Eric Stewart was a 28-year AEP employee," according to a statement from Cook to the station.
Pscholka said he had known Bohn-Stewart for 25 years and they were broadcast colleagues. The lawmaker taught one of her children in Sunday school, he said, and was greatly affected by what he characterized as a case of domestic violence.
At WSBT in South Bend, a statement from the television station's news director John Haferkamp said: "The entire WSBT 22 News family is saddened by today's tragedy.
Denise previously worked for WSBT 22 in South Bend before returning to Mid-West Family Broadcasting last year to co-host the morning show on 98.3 The Coast and anchor the video news reports on WSJM.com.
More politicians with thoughts and prayers who everyday make it easier for the disturbed, angry, estranged to buy and carry guns. They had marital problems. Why not a law that says if either in a marriage want to confiscate guns from a partner out of fear they can?
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