Murder, suicide in Ridgeland
RIDGELAND — Police are investigating a murder-suicide on Orleans Circle Sunday after the woman’s boyfriend discovered the bodies.
On Sunday, at 7:19 p.m., the Ridgeland Police Department discovered Vicky McDowell, 76, with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest in the kitchen at 782 Orleans Circle after receiving a call from a neighbor who discovered the incident, according to Police Chief Brian Myers.
Her son, William McDowell, 43, was discovered in the living room with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Myers said the neighbor who discovered the McDowells was Vicky McDowell’s boyfriend, who came over to visit and entered through an unlocked door when he could not get an answer at the door.
Myers said they have not determined a motive, and the case remains under investigation.