Upstate NY woman’s death ruled a homicide; ex-husband’s death suicide

Moira, N.Y. - State Police said Thursday that the death of a woman in Northern New York was a homicide, and the death of her ex-husband 200 miles away in the Finger Lakes was a suicide.The woman, Melissa K. Pelc-Lohr, 50, of Brushton, was found dead with gunshot wounds Tuesday morning at a home on South Woods Road in the town of Moira in Franklin County, said Trooper Brandi Ashley, a spokesperson for State Police.