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Two Dead After Suspected Garrett County Murder/Suicide

March 9th, 2021 by WCBC Radio

On March 9, 2021, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Garrett County Sheriff’s Deputies and Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Division responded to the 400 block of Garrett Highway for a report of a person wounded by a suspected gunshot.
 
Responding deputies found 54-year old Brenda Sue Sines, Eglon, West Virginia, in a vehicle that had crashed into the embankment. Deputies located Sines in the vehicle, deceased, and learned that she had succumbed from an apparent gunshot wound.
Further investigation led to the development of Steven Douglas Reall, 69, Oakland, as the suspect for the shooting. Reall’s vehicle was located at a residence along Doc Bernard Road. When deputies approached the car, Reall was confirmed to be inside, found deceased, after having suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Both bodies were transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy and the investigation continues.