SHAWNEE — The bodies of two people were found on Monday in a mobile home west of Shawnee, and law officers are calling it a murder-suicide.
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The bodies of Sonya Leann Sparks, 32, and Ryan Benjamin Jackson, 28, were found in the 1600 block of Gaddy Road after concerned friends called police, according to Pottawattamie County Sheriff Kurt Shirey.
Shirey said law officers believe Jackson shot Sparks around 9 a.m. Monday and then committed suicide.
Text messages Jackson sent to Sparks on Monday included threats to kill her and then turn the gun on himself, Shirey said.
