Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Cleveland, OH: Police Say Murder Victim was Shot Multiple Times

By Bill Sheil | bill.sheil@fox8.com
Fox 8 News Reporter
5:57 p.m. EST, November 21, 2011

CLEVELAND— Authorities have found two people dead inside an east side home -- the possible result of a murder suicide.

The medical examiner's office identifies the woman who is dead as 31 year-old Rana Peale of Cleveland. She died of multiple gunshot wounds.

An unidentified man was also found inside the home, dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

Peale's family raced to the scene outside the police tape in front of her home.

They say she was the victim of a murder-suicide carried out by an ex-boyfriend with whom she shares a young daughter.

"He threatened her life just last week," says Rachun Young, a member of Peale's family.

Tony Mayo, Peale's brother-in-law, says she sought a restraining order in recent days.

"The office down there said we had to wait until he did something before we could file a restraining order," Mayo says.

Police said it was early in their investigation, and they had no information yet on the victim possibly seeking such an order.

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