SPENCER COUNTY, Ind. - The Indiana State Police is working on a suspected murder-suicide case.

According to ISP, the Spencer County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Oct. 14 at approximately 12:17 p.m. from Jamie Adkins, 48, stating she had just shot her husband. Officers with the Santa Claus Police Department, Indiana State Police and Spencer County Sheriff’s Office responded to the residence in Santa Claus.

Troopers say officers attempted to make contact with the female but were unsuccessful. Officers then made entry into the residence. ISP says upon entry into the residence, officers located a deceased male, John Adkins, 49, with gunshot wounds and Jamie Adkins with a gunshot wound. ISP states Jamie Adkins was transported by ambulance to an Owensboro hospital, where she died from he

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