Services For Murder-Suicide Victim Friday

The family and friends of Dwight Wesley are grieving after his shocking death.

Dwight B. Wesley

(Vevay, Ind.) - The funeral will be held Friday for a Switzerland County resident murdered in a street.

Dwight Wesley was shot as he was held at gunpoint by another man on Main Street in Warsaw on Monday morning, May 7. That gunman then fatally shot himself.

Services and visitation for Wesley, 54, will be held Friday starting at noon at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home in Vevay.

Wesley is survived by three sons, a daughter, and four step-sons, as well as other family and friends. He’ll be remembered for his love of fishing, boating, his motorcycle, and grilling out with family and friends.

Relatives have asked that donations be made to the Dwight B. Wesley Memorial Fund through the funeral home.

Kentucky State Police are still investigating the murder-suicide case.

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