Family: Grosse Pointe Woods man found fatally shot, not hanged

Grosse Pointe Woods — As police investigate a 54-year-old man found dead in his home on Monday as a homicide, his family is adamantly denying reports the man was found hanged from the ceiling by an electrical cord.

Donald DeWulf was lying on a bathroom floor of the home on 2000 block of Hampton Road, said his brother, Michael DeWulf, who discovered the body at 9:40 a.m. Monday. Michael DeWulf and authorities both said Donald DeWulf had been fatally shot.

"That just doesn't make sense," said Michael DeWulf, who said he saw a bullet casing on the floor but no gun. "To shoot and hang yourself both? He was on the floor with blood all around. At first, I thought he had fallen.

"I do believe my brother's death was a homicide, not a suicide."

Michael DeWulf said his brother sold insurance and often carried large amounts of cash because he collected premiums directly.

By Tom Greenwood and Tony Briscoe
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