Apparent murder-suicide rattles affluent D.C. retirement home

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The apparent murder-suicide of a former U.S. ambassador and his wife Thursday stunned neighbors at an upscale retirement home in Northwest Washington who saw them as a dashing, vibrant couple.

The bodies of Richard Funkhouser and his wife, Phyllis, were found at about 11:30 a.m. in an underground garage at Ingleside health care community, a 14-acre campus nestled in the peaceful environs of Rock Creek Park.

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