The deaths of a Fairfield native and his wife at their southern Indiana home earlier this year have officially been ruled a murder-suicide following an investigation by the Warrick County Coroner’s Office. Warrick County Coroner Alissa Salee-Enright issued the ruling last week in connection with the July 6, 2026, shooting deaths of 69-year-old David K. Wells and his wife, 69-year-old Aileen Wells, at their home in Newburgh, Indiana.
According to the coroner’s findings, David Wells fatally shot his wife before taking his own life. The coroner classified Aileen Wells’ death as a homicide and David Wells’ death as a suicide.
The official determination follows a lengthy investigation into the circumstances surrounding the couple’s deaths.
David Wells was a native of Fairfield and graduated from Fairfield Community High School with the Class of 1975.
Following his years in Fairfield, Wells established a lengthy career in television commercial production in the Evansville, Indiana, area.
More recently, he owned and operated Cigar! Cigar!, a tobacco retail business located on North Congress Avenue in Evansville.