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Mar 30, 2015 · JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Spence Jackson provided the official confirmation a month ago that his boss, Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, was dead from what police described as a...
Mar 30, 2015 · Robert "Spence" Jackson was found dead in his home in Jefferson City after police responded to a well-being check, police spokesman Capt. Doug Shoemaker said. He said investigators...
- A Note Was Found in Jackson’s Apartment
- Schweich Was A Top Contender in The Missouri Governor’s Race
- Police Are Looking Into Whether The Suicides Are Connected
- His Death Has Again Shaken The Missouri GOP
Police said at a Monday press conference that they found a firearm, a spent cartridge and a note in Jackson’s apartment. On Tuesday, police held a press conference to release the contents of the note, a per the wishes of Jackson’s family. The note, dated March 27, 2015, said only “I’m so sorry, I just can’t take being unemployed again.” Jackson liv...
Schweich, 54, was considered a frontrunner for the Republican nomination prior to his death. He was facing off against former U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway for the role. In November 2014, he had been re-elected as Missouri’s state auditor. He was first elected to the office in 2010. Schweich formerly served as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Prio...
Police in Jefferson City said at a press conference they have reached out to Clayton investigators, who are still looking into Schweich’s death. According to the Post-Dispatch, police Capt. Doug Shoemaker said:
Like Schweich, Jackson was a prominent member of the Republican party in Missouri. He worked in the auditor’s office as Schweich’s media director starting in MAy 2011, and previously was communications director for Matt Blunt, the former secretary of state. He also worked on Blunt’s campaign for governor in 2004 and in his office in 2004 when Blunt...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Slightly more than a month after Tom Schweich, Missouri’s auditor and a candidate for governor, took his own life, Spence Jackson, a longtime Republican spokesman who worked...
Mar 31, 2015 · Robert "Spence" Jackson was found dead Sunday evening in his home in Jefferson City after police responded to a well-being check, the Jefferson City Police Department said in a written...
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Mar 30, 2015 · Spence Jackson, the chief spokesman for the late Missouri auditor Tom Schweich, died over the weekend from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Mar 30, 2015 · JEFFERSON CITY • Veteran Missouri state official Robert "Spence" Jackson, who was media director for the late state auditor Tom Schweich, was found dead Sunday of an apparent...
