Mayor of Texas Jayne Peters, 55, and her daughter, 19, have been shot dead at their home on Tuesday night. Police are investigating their deaths as a possible murder-suicide. Police were alerted when council members became worried that Peters had not turned up to a meeting. Mother and daughter were subsequently found with gunshot wounds to the head.

According to Aliyah Shahid at NYDailyNews.com, police could find no signs of forced entry. This news has devastated family members as in 2008, Peters husband died of cancer. Peters and her daughter were well respected as active members of the community and church. The year 2009 saw Peters elected as Mayor of Coppell, a city 15 miles northwest of Dallas, populated by 40,000 people. Along with this, she served on the city council for more than 10 years and previous to that a contract software developer.

Tributes have been left for the mother and daughter who so tragically lost their lives, city manager of Coppell `Clay Phillips’ commented on how much the city, the community and region will feel their loss. The investigation into their deaths will need to be looked into and questions answered.

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