Coroner identifies three found dead in murder-suicide

By Mary Manning

Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 | 2:12 p.m.

Updated Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 | 3:54 p.m.

The Clark County Coroner's Office has identified a family of three in a murder-suicide that occurred Wednesday in the eastern Las Vegas Valley.

The coroner's office said 75-year-old Genevieve Okin was found with a gunshot wound to her head in the front seat of a vehicle in a garage at 4775 Canna Drive, near Tropicana Avenue and Boulder Highway. The coroner ruled her death a homicide.

Her 80-year-old husband, Paul Okin, was found on the floor of the garage. His cause of death was ruled a suicide and he died of a gunshot to the head, a coroner's spokeswoman said.

The couple's 46-year-old son, Marque Okin, was found in a bedroom, the coroner said. He had been shot in the head and his death was ruled a homicide.

Metro Police went to the house about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday after receiving complaints of a natural gas odor in the area.

Clark County firefighters were called to the residence and entered the house. They found a gas stove turned on. Southwest Gas crews later said the natural gas was not at lethal levels.

Acquaintances of the family said the woman had been diagnosed with lung cancer on Tuesday.