Texas Mayor kills daughter and self over financial woes
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[URL]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100717/ap_on_re_us/us_mayor_daughter_dead_9[/URL]
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COPPELL, Texas – A Dallas area mayor who authorities believe killed herself and her daughter left a note saying the two were still grieving over the 2008 death of their husband and father from cancer, police said Friday.
"My sweet, sweet Corinne had grown completely inconsolable. She had learned to hide her feelings from her friends. But the two of us were lost, alone and afraid. Corinne just kept on asking, 'Why won't God let me die?' We hadn't slept at all and neither one of us could stop crying when we were together," read a typed note that police found in the kitchen.
The note, which also gave instructions on how to care for the family's two dogs and four cats, was among four that police found Tuesday when they discovered the bodies of Coppell Mayor Jayne Peters, 55, and her 19-year-old daughter, Corinne.
Both women had been shot in the head. The Dallas County Medical Examiners Office has ruled the elder Peters' death a suicide and the daughter's death a homicide.
Police arrived at the home after the usually prompt mayor failed to show up for a city meeting. They found an envelope taped to the door containing a house key and typed note that said: "To our first responders, Here is the key for the front door. I am so very sorry for what you're about to discover. Please forgive me. Jayne."
Another typed note left in the kitchen listed contact numbers of family members. It also said, "Please, please, please, no funeral, no memorial — just cremate us both." A handwritten note on the door of the bathroom where the mayor's body was found was signed by her and said not to resuscitate.
Along with her grief, recent evidence also revealed that the mayor had financial troubles.
At a Friday afternoon funeral service for the two, Peters' pastor said the mayor tried to hide her financial problems from her daughter after the death of her husband.
"Jayne was a deeply troubled and, finally, desperate soul," Rev. Dennis Wilkinson said during the service at First United Methodist Church in Coppell, adding that his comments had been approved by the family.
"When he died, they were left with no other resources," Wilkinson said. "She wanted to protect her daughter from knowing about her financial problems and thinking badly of her father."
City Manager Clay Phillips said he had been asking the mayor since November about at least $4,000 in questionable charges on her city-issued credit card. Phillips said there appeared to be personal charges for items such as clothing and pet supplies. He said he had sent her an e-mail about the issue on Monday and asked the city attorney to look into the matter on Tuesday.
City officials released a report for the second quarter of 2010 that included more than 40 items and services that the city paid on the mayor's behalf. Among them were three charges totaling more than $1,700 to a rental car agency in suburban Dallas and three charges totaling more than $500 at a Coppell grocery store.
The report also shows that Peter reimbursed the city for $361.
The Dallas Morning News reported Friday that the Peters' home, appraised at nearly $423,000, had been posted for foreclosure last July, but never made it to auction, according to the Foreclosure Listing Service.
Deputy Police Chief Steve Thomas said the weapon used was a Glock 17 9mm pistol, which he said the mayor borrowed from Cedar Hill Mayor Rob Franke. Thomas said that Franke told police after the shooting that Peters had asked about getting a concealed handgun permit and the two had gone to a shooting range for target practice July 8. Peters left the shooting range with his weapon, saying she wanted to borrow it for a class.
Franke did not immediately return a call Friday from The Associated Press. But he told the Dallas Morning News that Peters told him she didn't want to actually own a gun and just wanted the permit.
"You always go through thinking about the what ifs," Franke told the newspaper. "I just thought I was doing a favor for a friend."
Thomas said Franke would not face any charges.
The mayor had been a contract software developer who had served on the city council for a decade before being elected mayor in 2009.
Her daughter had recently told friends that she was heading to the University of Texas at Austin in the fall, but a UT spokesman said the school had no record of her applying.
Neighbor Diane Ianni has said that Corinne was excited and had been wearing shirts with the university's longhorn logo and colors.
Thomas said a neighbor saw Corinne putting things in her car at 6 a.m. the morning before she was killed. Shortly after she placed them in her car, the elder Peters was seen taking the items back into their home, Thomas said.
Thomas said the investigation into the deaths is ongoing. He said a prescription for medication to treat depression was found at the home, but he wasn't sure for whom it was prescribed. He also said that the elder Peters' work and personal computers have been taken as evidence.
"This agency and this city is going to get as many answers as we possibly can, and it's not going to happen overnight," he said.
Coppell is a city of about 40,000, located 15 miles northwest of Dallas.
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As Michael Moore put it "bowling for capitalism"
That's some sad stuff.
:ohdear:
The daughter didn't need to die ;/
outlaw guns!!!!
its the only way 2 fix this.
[QUOTE=Blackizzle;23470290]The daughter didn't need to die ;/[/QUOTE]
The daughter was depressed too though, it would seem she wanted to die.
[QUOTE=Blackizzle;23470290]The daughter didn't need to die ;/[/QUOTE]
^ Didn't read more than the title
[QUOTE=stewe231;23470295]outlaw guns!!!!
its the only way 2 fix this.[/QUOTE]
:roflolmao:
[quote]"Please, please, please, no funeral, no memorial"[/quote]
[quote]At a Friday afternoon funeral service for the two...[/quote]
They must have been in intense suffering :smith:
Ahh I misread, nevermind.
[QUOTE=d3450;23470396]They must have been in intense suffering :smith:[/QUOTE]
My dad died in December of 2008 and me and my mom were poor as shit for a long time because of it.
I'm not depressed or in intense suffering, this is sad because they couldn't just deal w/ it and get on with their lives.
[QUOTE=stewe231;23470295]outlaw guns!!!!
its the only way 2 fix this.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, guns are the only way to commit suicide after all.
The dogs did it
perfect crime
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[QUOTE=Perfumly;23470475]My dad died in December of 2008 and me and my mom were poor as shit for a long time because of it.
I'm not depressed or in intense suffering, this is sad because they couldn't just deal w/ it and get on with their lives.[/QUOTE]
well now im depressed
[QUOTE=Perfumly;23470475]My dad died in December of 2008 and me and my mom were poor as shit for a long time because of it.
I'm not depressed or in intense suffering, this is sad because they couldn't just deal w/ it and get on with their lives.[/QUOTE]
Sometimes people get too shortsighted. They don't think of fixing their financial problems, or their depression hinders them from doing so. Problems stack, and they think of only suicide
[quote]and the daughter's death a homicide.[/quote]
I'm sorry, I thought killing one person was known as murder/assisted suicide.
This is pretty sad, but you would think as mayor of a town of 50,000 people she'd have some options to get help.
What a dumbshit.
[QUOTE=Str4t0s;23474694]What a dumbshit.[/QUOTE]
You're an asshole.
[QUOTE=Str4t0s;23474694]What a dumbshit.[/QUOTE]
You've got to be kidding.
I doubt that the daughter knew she was going to die. From all the details of the mother's note, and the things the neighbors reported seeing that day, I think it far more likely that Corinne was murdered by her mother in some misguided attempt to end her grief-- grief that I imagine was already lessening with time and acceptance.
The article mentions that Corinne was telling her friends that she was going off to college, and that her excitement seemed completely genuine. Neighbors saw her packing her things into a car that morning, and then later saw her mother bringing them back in.
If I had to make an educated guess as to what happened based on the details of the article and the mother's note, I'd say that she lied to her daughter. She told Corinne that she had been accepted at the university, and to pack her bags for the trip-- so that she would die happy. When Corinne came back in her mother shot her in the head, brought her bags back inside, wrote the notes, and then shot herself.
I have no doubt that Corinne was in mourning, but I think the bottomless grief spoken of in the letters was probably more her mother's. The mother probably decided that if she couldn't bear to live without her husband, that the girl couldn't possibly be expected to live without either of them. She probably thought she was doing her a favor, giving her one last piece of good news so that she could die with raised spirits. Probably never knew what hit her.
I never thought he had it in him. I mean, look at him.
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Nice shootin', Tex
In the case of the daughter, as sad is it is, it's not healthy to mourn any of your parents THAT much. I mean, every one of us WILL eventually lose them.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;23476414]I doubt that the daughter knew she was going to die. From all the details of the mother's note, and the things the neighbors reported seeing that day, I think it far more likely that Corinne was murdered by her mother in some misguided attempt to end her grief-- grief that I imagine was already lessening with time and acceptance.
The article mentions that Corinne was telling her friends that she was going off to college, and that her excitement seemed completely genuine. Neighbors saw her packing her things into a car that morning, and then later saw her mother bringing them back in.
If I had to make an educated guess as to what happened based on the details of the article and the mother's note, I'd say that she lied to her daughter. She told Corinne that she had been accepted at the university, and to pack her bags for the trip-- so that she would die happy. When Corinne came back in her mother shot her in the head, brought her bags back inside, wrote the notes, and then shot herself.
I have no doubt that Corinne was in mourning, but I think the bottomless grief spoken of in the letters was probably more her mother's. The mother probably decided that if she couldn't bear to live without her husband, that the girl couldn't possibly be expected to live without either of them. She probably thought she was doing her a favor, giving her one last piece of good news so that she could die with raised spirits. Probably never knew what hit her.[/QUOTE]
Stop speculating IT'S VERY SAD
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;23476414]If I had to make an educated guess as to what happened based on the details of the article and the mother's note, I'd say that she lied to her daughter. She told Corinne that she had been accepted at the university, and to pack her bags for the trip-- so that she would die happy.[/QUOTE]
Yep, that's what it says in another article I read. The mother lied to the daughter about her acceptance into the college. The college checked their records and didn't find anything.
Also, the mother "bought" the daughter a new car, but it was in fact just a rental vehicle. She returned the vehicle before shooting herself.
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The three notes she left:
[url]http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/07-10/0715petersnote1.pdf[/url]
[url]http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/07-10/0715petersnote2.pdf[/url]
[url]http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/07-10/0715petersnote3.pdf[/url]
[QUOTE]Corinne just kept on asking, 'Why won't God let me die?' We hadn't slept at all and neither one of us could stop crying when we were together," read a typed note that police found in the kitchen.[/QUOTE]Oh my god that's depressing :smithicide:
nuke texas
[QUOTE=Perfumly;23470475]My dad died in December of 2008 and me and my mom were poor as shit for a long time because of it.
I'm not depressed or in intense suffering, this is sad because they couldn't just deal w/ it and get on with their lives.[/QUOTE]
This one kid at my school went insanely depressed because his parents divorced. He now has blue hair, chains and writes emo poems.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;23476414]I doubt that the daughter knew she was going to die. From all the details of the mother's note, and the things the neighbors reported seeing that day, I think it far more likely that Corinne was murdered by her mother in some misguided attempt to end her grief-- grief that I imagine was already lessening with time and acceptance.
The article mentions that Corinne was telling her friends that she was going off to college, and that her excitement seemed completely genuine. Neighbors saw her packing her things into a car that morning, and then later saw her mother bringing them back in.
If I had to make an educated guess as to what happened based on the details of the article and the mother's note, I'd say that she lied to her daughter. She told Corinne that she had been accepted at the university, and to pack her bags for the trip-- so that she would die happy. When Corinne came back in her mother shot her in the head, brought her bags back inside, wrote the notes, and then shot herself.
I have no doubt that Corinne was in mourning, but I think the bottomless grief spoken of in the letters was probably more her mother's. The mother probably decided that if she couldn't bear to live without her husband, that the girl couldn't possibly be expected to live without either of them. She probably thought she was doing her a favor, giving her one last piece of good news so that she could die with raised spirits. Probably never knew what hit her.[/QUOTE]
Who the heck are you? Phoenix Wright or something?
This is really sad though to think they died just because of something like that.
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