Elkhart County Coroner identifies men found dead in Franklin Street home

By: Maura Johnson

Posted: Nov 22, 2023 9:14 AM EST | Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:37 AM EST

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UPDATE: The Elkhart County Coroner identified the woman found in the home as 74-year-old Elizabeth Howell. She died in the hospital of natural causes, according to the coroner. All three victims were related.

ORIGINAL STORY:

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. - The Elkhart County Coroner identified the two men found dead in a home on Franklin Street Monday morning as 74-year-old Garry Dewayne Howell Sr. and 50-year-old Garry D. Howell.

Autopsy results were inconclusive. The coroner’s office is waiting for toxicology labs.

The two men were found dead during a welfare check in a home in the 1600 block of W. Franklin St.

A third person, a woman, was found unconscious in the home.

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