Thursday, June 5, 2008 , Updated 4:54 p.m., June 9, 2008
UPDATED x3: Convicted steroids dealer shot to death in Plano
PLANO — On June 5, at approximately 12:15 a.m., Plano police officers responded to a Welfare Concern/Missing Person call in the 6800 block of Honey Creek Lane.
Upon officer’s arrival, the missing woman and the male homeowner were found deceased due to gunshot wounds. The victims have been identified as Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell, a 30-year-old white female from Plano, and David Christopher Jacobs, a 35-year-old white male, also from Plano.
UPDATE:
The man has been identified as David Jacobs, a convicted steroids dealer who recently planned to come clean about NFL members he dealt to. The woman has been identified as 30-year-old Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell, a prior girlfriend of Jacobs.
Jacobs, head of one of the largest steroid rings ever, had implicated former Cowboys lineman Matt Lehr back in April.
UPDATE:
According to the Plano Police Department, on June 6, the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office released their preliminary findings in the manner of death investigation for David Christopher Jacobs and has ruled it a suicide. Their finding revealed two self-inflicted gun-shot wounds, one to the abdomen and another to the head.
The manner of death has not been finalized for Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell at this time.
The investigation is currently ongoing.
UPDATE:
On June 9, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office released their preliminary findings in the manner of death investigation for Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell and has ruled it as a homicide. Their findings revealed multiple gun-shot wounds.
As reported previously, the manner of death for David Christopher Jacobs was ruled as a suicide.
The investigation is currently ongoing.
Source: Plano Police Department
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Pavel Lishin, says:
There is more to <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/060608dnmetjacobs.187985b.html">this tale</a> than that's shown here.
<blockquote><i>Convicted steroids dealer David Jacobs, who recently agreed to tell the NFL which football players received banned substances he manufactured, was found dead in his Plano home this morning.</i></blockquote>
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Kay, says:
Thanks for the rest of the story, Pavel.
....as soon as there's an "agreement to tell" it seems there's a murder or someone's suicided. Too much time-delay between agreeing and naming names perhaps?
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Jason Rice, says:
Not to join the tin-foil hat brigade, but Kay, I'm right in there with you.
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Chad Jones, says:
Updated, sirs (and ma'am).
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Kay, says:
That it is, Chad. Appreciate the additional info/link.
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jtmbls, says:
Well, that does give new meaning to the term NFL contract…And what idiot would believe juicers could get temperamental or violent…
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Scott Doyle, says:
I'm a bit confused by <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/060708dnmetjacobs.6e6fd7f.html">this DMN update</a>.
Says there's a preliminary (initial) report from the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office indicating Jacobs offed himself. Later says autopsy results haven't been released, and that the office doesn't typically comment on cases that aren't in Dallas County.
Either way, suiciding with gunshot wounds to both the stomach and head sounds pretty painstaking and tough to pull off. The angle to shoot yourself in the stomach is just...odd.
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DC, says:
Medical examiner can review case and bodies for presumptive cause of death (gun shot, elephant stomp, etc).
Autopsy is long process of dissecting entire body and examining to say something like gun shot severed aorta leading to death, or elephant crushed midbrain.
Pretty easy to shoot one's self in the gut with a handgun. The flare and carbon pattern could give some evidence to distance from body at time of firing.
Or so I learned on TV:
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Scott Doyle, says:
Hmmmm, DMN has already edited the story. I know for a fact there was a later paragraph discussing that the examiner's office doesn't comment on anything that's not Dallas County jurisdiction.
Figured it's pretty quick to assume that both a gunshot to the stomach and head were self-inflicted.
Never said it wasn't easy to do, just that it's a weird place to shoot yourself...and not exactly a typical angle.
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DC, says:
Dude:
"suiciding with gunshot wounds to both the stomach and head sounds pretty painstaking and tough to pull off."
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Scott Doyle, says:
Err, meant it's tough to shoot yourself both in the head and stomach. Shock, blood loss, wondering "why the hell didn't I just shoot myself in the head and get this over with", etc.
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Scott Doyle, says:
Then again, he's probably roided up just like his clients - thought it to be more manly of a suicide if he shot himself once, endured for a bit, and gave it the fatal blow after he grunts for awhile.
Too soon?
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DC, says:
Oh, you mean like it's tough to do with one shot.... or with two shots simultaneously or....
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Pavel Lishin, says:
Maybe he was aiming for his heart, but didn't do so well in high school biology?
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DC, says:
Ok, ok, we've been through this before:
First: local tragedy. Second: dark humor in the face of sadness. Third: the 'you don't know anything about these people so how dare you' comment. Fourth, half hearted contrite retractions.
Let's break the cycle!
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Scott Doyle, says:
No, simply meant it's a bit rough to shoot your own self in succession with intent. Why the hell would you shoot yourself in the stomach to begin with if you're just going to end it with one in the head? And would you not be having doubts after the stomach?
Did he shoot himself to see her reaction, kill her, then kill himself? Doesn't add up at all for Doyle.
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Pavel Lishin, says:
Hey, my retractions are both full-hearted and insincere!
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Alex Bentley, says:
FWIW, content partner Grits for Breakfast <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/06/informant-who-accused-metroplex-police.html">has a different take on this story</a>. While the DMN and others are focusing on Jacobs giving the NFL names of steroid users, Scott Henson thinks that Jacobs claiming to have sold steroids to DFW-area police officers may be more important.
He also points out how a similar case came up in New York, where a pharmacist who was set to testify against the NYPD was ruled to have committed suicide despite gunshot wounds to both the chest and the head. Like Henson, I'm not necessarily trying to engage in conspiracy theories, but those two cases seem <em>awfully</em> similar to me.
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Kay, says:
And here's multiple articles/photos from Steroid Nation (one even bringing up the girlfriend's ex-husband):
http://grg51.typepad.com/steroid_nati...
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Kay, says:
Appreciate the link, Alex.
This may turn out to be the decade of the "suicide coincidences".
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Kay, says:
It just doesn't all add up to a lot of us, Scott Doyle.
Seems I've noticed recently an increase in the "unusual" along with the increased dexterity of suicide victims that know too much.
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Jason Rice, says:
Well, all I can say is if they find a copy of Catcher in the Rye in the room .... I'm staying in my Tempest III hardened Faraday bunker until the mayhem is over.
Last time we lost Elvis, Marilyn and JFK. I don't think they'll stop at people with perfect hair this time.
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Kay, says:
Jason - At least you have a plan...
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Scott Doyle, says:
Shot to the stomach still not explained...
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DC, says:
Well, here's a start:
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jtmbls, says:
I would think the tin foil headgear should scare them away. Football players and DPD alike.
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Kay, says:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html... (I could never get the link to fully load, so here are a few excerpts from what was printed Sunday in The Seatle Times):
Listen to the chilling words of a whistle-blower weeks before his death. "The kinds of people I have information about, they're the kinds of people who can put a bullet in the back of my head" ... Jacobs... claimed to have evidence - canceled checks, e-mails, text messages - linking six prominent NFL players to steroids. He met with the league's security agents last month, presumably to hand over the goods. Now, he's dead. He got that bullet in his head, as well as his abdomen, and his girlfriend perished, too. Only police in Plano, Texas, are saying Jacobs killed himself and have yet to theorize how Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell wound up with several bullets in her. It's a fishy murder-suicide scenario. It's too convenient for the people - not just athletes, but shady individuals he encountered during his dealings - who needed Jacobs to shut up... (jbrewer)
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5 months agoMike Orren, says:
Danna, we don't cotton to spam around these here parts.
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