Jun 5, 2008 3:20 pm US/Central
Steroids Dealer With NFL Ties Fatally Shot
NFL Issues Statement About Deaths
PLANO, Texas (CBS) ―
David Jacobs, an admitted and convicted steroids dealer, has been found
dead in his Texas home.
Police say the bodies of Jacobs and a
woman, 30-year-old Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell, were found in the house. Both had been shot to death.
CBS news station KTVT-TV reported that News Savell's family called 911 early Thursday morning, asking officers to check on her welfare at Jacobs' house on Honey Creek Lane. Police say when officers arrived at the house they found the bodies.
Savell worked as a fitness model. Photos of her have appeared in several national fitness and bodybuilding publications.
Plano Police say they are not searching for any suspects, and other law enforcement officials said they are investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.
Officers carried several brown paper bags out of the house Thursday morning, according to CBS news station KTVT-TV. When asked if they had found any steroids in the house, police said they were still trying to determine that.
Police also say they confiscated mail from Jacobs' house.
Jacobs' lawyer says his client met with NFL officials last month and gave them names of players he said had bought steroids from him.
Thursday afternoon, the NFL released this statement: "We offer our sympathy to the families of David Jacobs and Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell. As we have previously confirmed, our security representatives interviewed David Jacobs on two occasions. We are reviewing the information to determine if there is documented evidence establishing any violations of our program and will follow up on any other information that is provided. It is premature to comment on any specific player at this time. Anyone found to have violated our policies will be subject to discipline, including suspension. We will continue to be responsive to any needs of law enforcement on this matter."
On May 1, a federal judge sentenced Jacobs to three years probation and fined $25,000 on his conviction for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.
Jacobs had pleaded guilty to the crime.
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