KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — The husband of a Washington woman who killed their son, then fatally shot herself in the head says she was worn out from caring for him because had had a rare form of autism.
The Benton County coroner says 56-year-old Ruth Mertz killed her 28-year-old son, Jason Mertz, at his apartment Friday in Kennewick and then turned the gun on herself.
KVEW reports (http://bit.ly/odpCZ9 ) he died at the scene and she died at a hospital.
The coroner says she left a note that indicated she was responsible for the deaths.
