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Ogden police are investigating the shooting deaths of Weber State University nursing educator Cynthia Osborne-Candland and her husband, Richard David Candland, as a case of homicide-suicide.
Police confirmed the couple's identities on Monday. The Candlands were found dead in their Ogden home, in the 500 block of N. Eccles Ave., late Friday afternoon.
Ogden police Lt. Danielle Croyle said an autopsy's preliminary finding was that the deaths were a homicide-suicide, but the investigation continues, and an official cause of death is pending.
Croyle confirmed that detectives suspect Richard David Candland, 51, was the shooter, and that he also shot the couple's 22-year-old daughter in the hand when she tried to break up an altercation between her ill-fated parents.
The daughter was found outside the home when officers arrived to investigate her 911 report of gunshots being fired inside the home.
SWAT officers secured the scene and asked neighbors to remain in their homes until they were able to clear the death scene.
The daughter was treated for her wound at the hospital, questioned by police and released.
Cynthia Osborne-Candland, a 50-year-old registered nurse, taught at both Weber State University and the Ogden-Weber Technology College.
The couple were in the process of a divorce, Croyle confirmed, but she declined Monday to release any further details, citing the ongoing nature of the investigation.
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