URGENT: The mayor of an affluent Dallas suburb
shot her 19-year-old daughter in the head then killed herself in a
shocking murder-suicide that stunned friends and neighbors in quiet
Coppell, Texas.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office
ruled Wednesday that 55-year-old Jayne Peters shot herself in the head
after killing her daughter Corinne, who had just graduated from Coppell
High School and was bound for the University of Texas at Austin in the
fall.
Police discovered the bodies of the mother
and daughter Tuesday evening after the mayor failed to show up for a
city meeting.
Police officers went to their home after the
usually prompt mayor failed to arrive at a city council meeting and
did not call to explain her absence, said city spokeswoman Sharon
Logan.
By late Wednesday morning, a small
collection of flowers, wreaths and cards decorated the front porch of
the Peters’ home. A printed letter said: “Please know that you are loved
no matter what happens. I know that God is with you and giving you
comfort. You both are with Don, a wonderful husband and father. A family
again.”
The mayor’s husband, Donald Peters, died in
2008 at the age of 58.
Jayne Peters was a contract software developer who had served as
mayor of Coppell, a city of about 40,000 located 15 miles northwest of
Dallas, for the past year. Her term was to expire in 2012.more
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