A 55-year-old man has been charged with the domestic-related murder of his wife in Baltimore County, according to police.

Officers responded around 6:15 a.m. on Monday to the 900 block of Maplehurst Lane in Monkton, where 56-year-old Kimberly Lechner was found dead with trauma-related injuries.

Police questioned and then arrested Anthony Lechner, who has been charged with first-degree murder.

Murder-suicide investigated in Timonium

Baltimore County Police also responded to an apparent murder-suicide around 11 a.m. on Monday in Timonium.

Officers were called to the 100 block of East Padonia Road for reports of a shooting. There, police found a man and a woman who had died with apparent gunshot wounds.

Police said it appears that the man's injuries were self-inflicted.

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