The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent murder suicide involving 55-year-old Mary Smeal and 57-year-old Jeffery Jones.
On November 16, 2016 around 11:00 a.m., Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a request for a welfare check at a residence south of Twin Arrows. The reporting party advised dispatch that her co-worker had not shown up for work and was not answering the door. Deputies responded and made forced entry. They located Smeal and Jones both deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.
The case is being investigated as a murder-suicide.
The two were in a domestic relationship. The reporting party had driven to the residence and found both Ms. Smeal’s and Mr. Jones’ vehicles in the driveway. She was unable to get anyone to answer the phone or the door. Evidence from the scene indicates that Mr. Jones shot Ms. Smeal and then shot himself.
The case is still under investigation by the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.