BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — St. Joseph Police have released the identity of two deceased people in a suspicious death investigation that began on Sunday, December 5.
They are identified as 78-year-old Benjamin Head and 72-year-old Ruth Kruger, who were ex-husband and wife.
Authorities say that police received a call from Kruger’s brother Kurt about Head and his sister just before 7 p.m. According to a statement from police the brother had been living with the couple for a long time. Police went onto to say that they had been dead inside the house for an unknown amount of time.
Kurt Kruger was taken into custody and arraigned in Berrien County Trial Court for failing to report the bodies.
The two deaths are being investigated by police as suspicious.
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