Texas Mayor and Daughter Murder-Suicide

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May 2010. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May 2010. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May 2010. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May 2010. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May 2010. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May 2010. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

Police found Coppell, Texas Mayor Jayne Peters and her teenage daughter, Corinne Peters, shot dead at their suburban Dallas home on July 13, 2010 in what the medical examiner has determined was a murder-suicide.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

The Coppell city manager alerted police and sent them to Jayne Peters' home after the usually prompt mayor failed to appear at a regularly scheduled city council meeting, said CBS affiliate KTVT. When police arrived they found the bodies the 55-year-old and her daughter Corrine Peters, 19. Both women had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.

Once inside authorities found Corinne Peters dead on the first floor of the house and found Mayor Peters, 55, dead upstairs. Each had been shot in the head with a semi-automatic gun. Authorities say there was no sign of forced entry at the home.

Police in Coppell said when they got to the house they found an envelope on the front door; inside the envelope was a note and a key to enter the house.

Corrine Peters graduated from Coppell High School in May 2010. Corrine and her mom lived alone in their two-story home. The mayor's husband, Donald Peters, died from cancer in 2008.

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