The proprietor of Burd Ford in Lawrence was found lifeless in his office this morn, evidently by suicide. Richard A. Burd, 43, was found by his wife and police on a couch in his office at 2:40 a.m., according to a Lawrence police report.

Christine Burd, forty, had gone to the franchise at 10300 Pendleton Pike while Richard Burd had not brought back home. She aforesaid she departed him at the office at 10 p.m. and grew bore on when she aroused at II a.m. and brought out he still had not arrive home.

Burd went to the dealership, saw her husband's car in the parking area and called up police force in front entering, according to the report.

Burd was found on the couch and seemed to have committed suicide. The report did not indicate why detectives believe it was a suicide.