COPPELL, Texas— The mayor of an upscale Dallas suburb, whose body was found with that of her teenage daughter, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the medical examiner’s office said yesterday. Her daughter’s death has been ruled a homicide.
Police found the bodies of Coppell Mayor Jayne Peters, 55, and her daughter, Corinne, 19, at their home after the usually prompt mayor failed to show up at a city council meeting....
--more--""Mayor who killed self faced inquiry" by Associated Press | July 17, 2010
COPPELL, Texas — A suburban Dallas mayor who killed herself and apparently her daughter had been at risk of losing her home, and a city manager said he repeated a request for documents related to questionable charges on her city-issued credit card a day before before the fatal shootings.
That can't be why she killed herself and her daughter.
Investigators found the bodies of Coppell Mayor Jayne Peters, 55, and 19-year-old Corinne Peters at their home Tuesday night. The medical examiner’s office said the mayor committed suicide and that her daughter’s death was a homicide.
Police said Jayne Peters left a note stating that the two were still grieving over the 2008 death of her husband, Donald, from cancer....
Peters, a contract software developer, had served on the City Council for a decade before being elected mayor in 2009....
