9-30-17 fdl doctor, daughter’s death ruled murder-suicide

The deaths of a Fond du Lac doctor and his daughter  is being ruled a murder suicide.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says autopsy results show that 62 year old Doctor Mark Whitmore strangled his 27 year old daughter Julia and then killed himself with a knife.  Their bodies were found at their Golf Course Drive home Friday morning.  Waldschmidt says Julia Whitmore was wheelchair bound and had a disability that required constant care.   Mark Whitmore was her primary caregiver and a home health nurse that found her deceased provided aid when he was away.    Waldschmidt says at this time no solid motive for the murder has been determined.