WLOS: Cargile deaths ruled double suicide

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Foul play was never suspected in the deaths of the local couple, and the death of Allen Cargile was also ruled a suicide by a Texas coroner.

The death of Dr. Leslie Cargile, Allen’s wife, was ruled a suicide by painkillers and sedatives in October.  Leslie Cargile died with eight drugs in her system and Allen with 21, according to WLOS.

It is not known why the couple committed suicide. In October, a Texas coroner ruled that Allen Cargile likely died several days before his wife.

From WLOS:

A coroner in Southeast Texas has ruled the deaths of a North Carolina doctor and her husband a double suicide.

The Galveston County Daily News reported that toxicology results found 21 drugs in the body of William Cargile, 58. including muscle relaxers and opiates.

The county medical examiner’s office earlier said Dr. Leslie Cargile, 53,who practiced in Black Mountain, had eight drugs in her system.

Authorities believe the couple left a hotel in Mobile, Ala., on August. 18 and arrived in Galveston the next day. Their bodies were discovered August 24 in a Galveston hotel room.

View the WLOS article here.