Jayne Peters & Daughter Found Dead

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 11:41 pm

Police found the Coppell, Texas, Mayor Jane Peters and her teen shot dead at their home in suburban Dallas on Tuesday evening in what investigators say may be a case of murder-suicide. The CBS affiliate KTVT City Manager Coppell alerted the police and sent to the home of Peters’ mayor after the prompt, usually did not appear at the meeting of City Council regular schedule. When police arrived about 07:45 they found the bodies of Jean Peters (55 years) and her daughter Corinne Peters, 19. Each of the women suffering from gunshot wounds to the head.

There was no sign of forced entry, according to city spokeswoman Sharon Logan. Although the cause of the fire is unclear, and investigators believe the mayor killed her before turning the gun on herself. “Because we do not have all the facts and the investigation is not yet complete, we can not release any additional information,” said Deputy Police Chief Steve Thomas. Population and appalled by the death of fellow members of society. Said City Manager Clay Phillips said the killing was “a great loss for the city and the community and the region.”

Jean Peters, a software developer contract and was appointed mayor of the city of Coppell in May 2009, said KTVT. She has served as a member of the Council since 1998. Her daughter, Corinne Peters, recently graduated from Coppell High School in May. Jane Corinne lived alone in the two-storey house. Husband died and the mayor, Donald Peters, from cancer in 2008. According to the Office of the Dallas County medical examiner in each of the autopsy have not been completed. Coppell Police Department is working hand in hand with the Office of Medical Examiner in the investigation.

Jayne Peters & Daughter Found Dead

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