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May 1, 2008 6:36 pm US/Central

Tyler Man Sought In Trooper's Killing Found Dead

Suspect's Girlfriend Also Arrested

LINDEN, Texas (CBS 11 News/ AP) ― Law enforcement authorities have found the body of a 37-year-old Tyler man wanted in the death of a Department of Public Safety trooper.

DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange says Brandon Wayne Robertson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found Thursday off Cass County Road 1347 near Morris Lake.

Police say Robertson's girlfriend, 36-year-old Jennifer Lynne Petrick, may have been his accomplice. She was also taken into custody at the scene.

Sources say they were able to track Robertson down using his GPS-enabled cell phone. As authorities approached their lake-side hideout, police say Robertson killed himself. Petrick tried to run from police but was captured.

Robertson was named in a capital murder warrant in the death of Trooper James Scott Burns, who was killed Tuesday night after pulling over a car near Lake O' The Pines in East Texas.

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