Police: Colorado firing range twins had a suicide pact

November 19th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt

Colorado, Nov 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Police in the United States have confirmed that the shooting range shooting was a suicide pact. The police made the revelation after the spoke to the only survivor of the incident.

The twins involved have been named as Candice and Kristin Hermeler, who are both 29 years old. They are from Victoria, Australia and authorities said the reason for the suicide still remains a mystery. This is because the survivor of the incident, Candice has refused to tell investigators why they decided to do that. Candice was severely injured in the incident and the police had to wait until she had recovered well enough to get the information from her.

Officers were left frustrated after Candice repeatedly declined to name the reason for their decision to kill themselves during the tow hour interview with her. However officers revealed that during the interview, Candice was angry at times. A sheriff at the local sheriff department revealed that during the interview, Candice was “devastated, frustrated, distraught [and] angry at times”.

The mother of the twins is due to arrive in Colorado on Friday to help officers positively identify whether the dead person is indeed Kristin.

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