Police to discuss Schweich spokesman Spence Jackson’s suicide note

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Police investigating the apparent suicide of the Missouri auditor’s spokesman say they will be discussing the contents of a note that he left behind.

Jefferson City police have scheduled a Tuesday afternoon press conference to talk about the note and release the preliminary findings of a medical examiner’s report.

Robert “Spence” Jackson was found dead Sunday in his Jefferson City apartment of what police have described as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

Jackson’s death came about a month after his boss, Auditor Tom Schweich, fatally shot himself.

Schweich’s suicide occurred just minutes after he told a reporter that he wanted to go public with allegations that the head of the Missouri Republican Party had made anti-Semitic remarks about him.

The party chairman, John Hancock, has denied doing so.

This story was originally published March 31, 2015 at 10:51 AM with the headline "Police to discuss Schweich spokesman Spence Jackson’s suicide note."