The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate an apparent murder suicide discovered Thursday afternoon at a property on Wintersteen Run Road in Blue Creek.

Deputies were called to the location after a concerned friend reported being unable to reach the residents. When deputies arrived to conduct a welfare check, they discovered an older white female deceased on the porch of the primary residence, which is a trailer visible from the road.

Deputies then approached a second residence on the property, a camper trailer. After knocking and identifying themselves, deputies heard a single gunshot from inside. A perimeter was quickly established, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol Special Response Team was called to assist.

Once the Special Response Team arrived, officers entered

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