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Suspect's bodyfound near homeFARMINGTON, Mo. lt;AP) — A hunt for a southeast Missouri man wanted in connection with the deaths of five persons came to an end Saturday when - the man’s body was found near his home.The St. Francois County sheriff's office-had searched for Eugene Wright, 50, since the bodies of his neighbors and three other persons were found Oct. 28.Wright had been charged in county warrants with the shooting deaths :of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Parsons. Shortly after the ; discovery of the Parsons* bodies deputies found the bodies of Alberta Jordan. 61, her brother-in-law Edward Jordan,' 70 and her grandson Howard Jordan, 18, , in a burned out house nearby.Coroner Ted Boyer ruled j Wright’s death a suicide.• Wright, who had been shot ' through the chest with a 12- j : gauge shotgun, probably had been dead since the day of the killings, authorities said.The killings apparently in-v o 1 v e d a dispute over property occupied by the Jordans. Their house had been occupied earlier by Wright’s mother, who died this year.
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Daily Capital News
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Tue, Nov 09, 1971
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