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Grandson sought in couple's deaths in Washington state

Posted: Mar 11, 2013 10:42 AM by CBS News
Updated: Mar 11, 2013 10:43 AM

RENTON, Wash. - Washington authorities say a suspect in the deaths of his elderly grandparents is considered "an extreme danger to the public and police."

King County Sheriff's detectives say they believe 26-year-old Michael (Chad) Boysen may be seeking to obtain firearms because he has been searching for gun shows on the Internet.

Authorities have accused Boysen of killing his 82-year-old grandfather and 80-year-old grandmother in their Renton home late Friday or early Saturday.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Cindi West says their bodies were discovered Saturday. The cause of the deaths hasn't been released.

At first police said he wasn't connected to the deaths but later he was named a suspect.

He had recently been released from prison after serving a year for burglary.

CBS Seattle affiliate KIRO says the release came Friday.

People who knew Boysen told KIRO he loved his grandparents, but was also troubled. Boysen was addicted to prescription drugs and would steal from those closest to him, which landed him behind bars, the station says.

Police are also searching for the victims' missing red 2001 Chrysler 300.

Photo courtesy of KIRO-TV/CBS