Motive Not Known For Murder/Suicide

Fond du Lac County sheriff’s deputies say they do not have a “solid motive” for the deaths of a man and his daughter died in a murder/suicide. Officials say 62-year-old Mark Whitmore strangled his 27-year-old daughter Julia, and then killed himself with a knife. Both were found dead Friday at a home near Fond du Lac in the town of Empire. Deputies say Julia Whitmore was bound to a wheelchair with a disability that needed constant care. Her father, a doctor, was her main caregiver.