White/Caucasian male Dr. William A. “Bill” Frame, 65, was found dead alongside his wife, Lorie, 63, inside their Forsyth, Illinois home on June 2, 2025, after friends and family asked deputies to check on them. Responding officers entered the residence in the 900 block of Malinda Court and discovered the couple in a bathroom off the primary bedroom. Both had been shot, and an autopsy the following days confirmed each died of a single gunshot wound.
The scene offered few immediate answers, and investigators began working through digital evidence, interviewing acquaintances, and reconstructing the final days of the couple's lives. The Macon County Sheriff's Office later emphasized the volume of data they were processing from multiple devices as they weighed the physical findings with the timeline that brought deputies to the home that Monday morning.
In September 2025, authorities closed the case with a grim conclusion: it was a murder-suicide. Investigators determined that Dr. William A. “Bill” Frame, 65, shot Lorie and then took his own life with the same firearm. The coroner formally ruled the deaths homicide/suicide, and the sheriff's office ended its investigation. No arrests were made, and no additional suspects were sought.
News of his death spread quickly through the community, where he was remembered as a physician and neighbor; obituary notices marked his passing on June 2, 2025, and a memorial service was held later that month in Decatur. Listings that commemorate lives lost to gun violence recorded his age as 65 and the date and place of death as Forsyth, Illinois.
