Convicted Steroids Dealer Found Dead/Killed?

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PLANO, Texas (AP) -- A convicted steroids dealer who recently met with NFL security officials and gave them names of players he said bought steroids from him was found shot to death in his home Thursday, police said.
Early Thursday morning, Plano police made a welfare check and found 35-year-old David Jacobs and 30-year-old Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell dead. Police said both had been shot to death.

Police spokesman Rick McDonald said the officers were making a welfare check after relatives of Earhart-Savell expressed concern about her whereabouts.
Plano detectives aren't releasing information about whether the deaths were a double homicide or a murder-suicide, whether a weapon was found near the bodies, or any other details, McDonald said.

Jacobs was sentenced to three years probation and fined $25,000 on May 1 after pleading guilty last year in federal court in Dallas to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.

Hank Hockeimer, Jacobs' attorney, has told The Dallas Morning News that Jacobs then met with NFL security officials in the Dallas area on May 21 and gave them names of players he said bought steroids from him. Hockeimer didn't immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press on Thursday.

Hockeimer has declined to publicly say which players bought steroids from Jacobs. But Jacobs had publicly said he sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of performance-enhancing drugs to former Dallas Cowboys player Matt Lehr in 2006 and 2007. Lehr has also played for Tampa Bay and Atlanta.

Lehr's attorney, Paul Coggins, has said the player hasn't used banned substances since he was suspended for four games during the 2006 season while playing for Atlanta, and has since passed NFL drug tests. The attorney has also said Jacobs' allegations were retaliation because Lehr wouldn't pay Jacobs' legal fees.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello offered condolences to the families of Jacobs and Earhart-Savell and said the league was reviewing information provided by Jacobs in two interviews with security officials.

"It is premature to comment on any specific player at this time," Aiello said in a statement. "Anyone found to have violated our policies will be subject to discipline, including suspension."

Neighbors who were still gathered at the scene about 12 hours after officers arrived said they became aware of Jacobs through television news reports, but didn't know him well. They said they didn't see any suspicious activity or hear any gunshots.

One neighbor who reached out to Jacobs after his guilty plea by asking him to warn children about the dangers of drugs said she didn't believe police when they told her he was dead.

"Knowing somebody died this way, it's hard to take," Yeharerwerk Gashaw said. "I was shocked."
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Associated Press writers Jamie Stengle and Terry Wallace in Dallas contributed to this report.
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[pigmeat]

Tweet**** the narc bastard...got what he deserved

[MAK2102]

TweetI def dont condone killing someone, but at the same time when you try to take others down to make dealing with your mistakes easier......be prepared to face the consequences.

[FUZO]

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**** the narc bastard...got what he deserved

I AGREE

[BigDawg]

Tweeti said he was in deep doo doo when he started ratting out nfl players. what was he thinking????

[horsepwr]

TweetI don't know what his agenda was for going to the NFL like that, but he was on a war path to ruin some careers and lives, by the sound of it. Without a care in the world for anyone elses well being.

[firstenrgy]

TweetWe make our beds, and then sleep in them.

[T-Man007]

TweetMaybe that will teach people to keep THEIR MOUTHS SHUT!!!!!!!!

Not only did he bring it on himself but the girl got it too because of his actions. The guy has already been sentenced....there was no need to give names. The names to the NFL had no bearing on his sentence or case. He should have kept his mouth shut, did his time like a REAL man and he and the girl would still be alive.

Now, if this turns out to be some kind of murder suicide....well then.....it's one less snitch.

[Dzone]

Tweetphuckin bastartd got what he dieserved...bout ten years ago, this phucker went to mexico to get a ****kin caseload of gear...he got nabbed at the boarder and he ratted off eveery person he was getting roids for in colorado...then the local police raided these guys with this dirty bastards help...thjey all go convictions and that basterd got no charges at all...what sucks is that PHUCKING BASTARD IS ENTERING HIS FIRST BB SHOW THIS SUMMER...

[Dzone]

TweethE TRAINS IN LOCAL GYMS HERE AND EVERYONE KNOWS HE NARCED ON HIS FRIENDS...I CANT EVEN STAND TO LOOK AT THE SOMBIETCH

[MAK2102]

TweetTurns out He shot himself in the abdomen and then the head.

[firstenrgy]

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Turns out He shot himself in the abdomen and then the head.

Any problem with this?