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Police in Wyandotte find the bodies of an elderly brother and
sister inside their home. It’s possible a family death may have
lead to a murder-suicide.

For more than three decades, Mike Ososkie came to know the
Stanaks as a warm, loving family. 72-year-old Peter Stanak lived at
the home with his two sisters. On holidays, Ososkie always got a
handmade card with season’s greetings.

“It was a brother and two sisters that we lived next door to for
30 plus years. They looked after each other. It was as close of a
family as you could find,” said Ososkie.

However, police say after one of the sisters — Mary Stanak –
died of natural causes last week, Peter Stanak was overcome with
grief. At 9:30 Tuesday morning with a key from Ososkie, they
entered the home on 22nd Street and discovered two dead bodies.

Police say Peter Stanak had shot his 82-year-old sister Patricia
in the head while she slept and then went into his own bedroom and
turned the gun on himself. Neither of the siblings had children or
were married.

“The mind’s a very, very delicate thing, and I’m afraid maybe
that’s what happened is that Pete just… couldn’t understand the
loss of the one sister,” Ososkie said.

Peter Stanak, who worked as an amateur artist, had been a devout
Catholic. Ososkie tells FOX 2 he never missed a church service with
his sisters. “I don’t think he was the same Pete Stanak that I knew
when the situation happened,” he said.

A cousin who lives nearby did not wish to talk about what
happened. Meanwhile, Wyandotte Police tell FOX 2 there was no
history of problems at the home.