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Investigators with the Sherburne County sheriff’s office said they think Gary D. Heald of Zimmerman killed 47-year-old Rory S. Zitur then killed Heald’s wife, 56-year-old Deloris L. Heald.
Sheriff Bruce Anderson told the St. Cloud Times the evidence suggests Zitur and Deloris met through an online swinger’s club, and her husband found out about their affair.
Sherburne County Sheriff’s Capt. Don Starry said, “We believe the evidence shows Gary Heald murdered Deloris Heald and Rory Zitur, and then committed suicide.”
The bodies of the Healds were found in their basement Tuesday afternoon after their son found a note from Gary Heald indicating that he had killed Deloris Heald and another man.
Starry said three knew each other, “through some kind of chat line.”
Neighbors near the Healds’ home on Lake Fremont shook their heads when asked about the deaths, recalling the couple as neighbors they spoke to only occasionally, but who would always wave when pulling out of the driveway. Pauline Kleinke just moved into the neighborhood and said she was shocked.
“You think you know neighbors and stuff, and find out you might not know them as well,” Kleinke said.
A young woman who answered the door at the home Wednesday declined to comment.
Starry told reporters Deloris Heald’s employer, a hospital where she was an on-call nurse, could not reach her Tuesday morning after she failed to report to work. Authorities were contacted and found nothing unusual outside the Healds’ house.
“The yard was just mowed, nothing was out of the ordinary,” Starry said. “Deputies made contact with family, and they decided one would respond later that day to the house.”
The Healds’ son called the sheriff’s office nearly two hours later, after he found the note. Officials said the note mentioned a “Rory.” A search of Gary Heald’s cell phone led them to Zitur.
Wright County authorities went to Zitur’s home in St. Michael and found his body about 6 p.m. Tuesday. He had been shot.
