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July 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The mayor of the city of Coppell in the US state of Texas happened to be the 55-year-old Jayne Peters. The police personnel on Wednesday divulged that Jayne Peters, on the face of it, had shot and liquidated her daughter and then devoured her own life.

Corrine happens to be the deceased 19-year-old daughter of Jayne Peters. Both were unearthed in a deceased condition on Tuesday evening. The Dallas Morning News had mentioned on Wednesday that both had passed away on account of shooting in the direction of the head. The policemen unearthed the corpses subsequent to the appeal of Clay Phillips to the police officials to inquire about the mayor. That was on account of the fact that Jayne had not put in an appearance for a City Council get-together. Clay Phillips happens to be the Coppell City Manager.

The detectives uttered that the workplace of the Dallas County Medical Examiner decreed on Wednesday that the case should, on the record, be categorized as a homicide-suicide inquiry.

The police personnel declared that the forensic examinations and processes conducted inform on Corinne being the casualty in this disaster. Mayor Peters consequently exterminated her own life. Both were lethal wounds in consequence of single gun shot wounds.

The deputy police chief of Coppell happens to be Steve Thomas. He mentioned that the weapon utilized was a semiautomatic revolver and there were nil indications of resistance.

Detectives have declared that a key was placed on the front entrance of the residence. The key was observed in conjunction with a ‘suicide note’. The note indicated what the policemen would come across inside. There were three additional notes inside the residence. These notes bequeathed directives for looking after familial pets. Nonetheless, the letters presented no elucidation for the killings.

Corinne Peters had intended to go to the University of Texas at Austin this fall. This was the information disclosed by the buddies and neighbors of Jayne to the Morning News. Jayne Peters happened to be a contract software developer. She occupied the mayorship of Coppell in 2008 and had functioned on the City Council since 1998. Coppell is located about 16 miles north of Dallas.

Donald Peters happened to be the husband of Jayne. He had breathed his last in January 2008 on account of cancer. He was 58.

Sharon Logan happens to be the spokesperson of Coppell. Sharon has elucidated that Jayne Peters had exhibited zero signals of mayhem in her private life. This demise of her has stunned and traumatized everybody.