Married Father 29, Murdered His Estranged Wife 27, With Their Daughter, Her Sister And Later Killed Himself With A Bullet In The Head

According to police reports, An Indiana man wanted for questioning in a double murder of his estranged wife and sister-in-law had died of an apparent suicide in Arkansas.

Police Sgt. Caaie Brandon said Sunday that 29-year-old Darrel Jackson was found dead Friday afternoon inside a car in Jonesboro with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound of the head. also a Smith and Wesson 9-mm handgun was recovered at the scene.

Jackson was wanted in connection to the deaths of sisters 20-year-old Meredith Opel and 27-year-old Mallory Jackson; the latter was the suspect's estranged wife and the mother of his young child.

According to police, the women were found dead Friday with trauma to their bodies, but the causes of deaths are undetermined.

Investigators believe Jackson killed his wife and her sister at a home in Indianapolis then drove nearly 400 miles to Jonesboro, where he had relatives. He parked his car behind his family's home, then sent his father a text message saying, "he could not take it no longer."

At around 2.40pm local time on Friday, Jackson's father and brother emerged from the house and found Darrel dead in the front seat of his car. Four hours later, police in Indianapolis discovered the bodies of Jackson's wife and her younger sister in a home in the 4500 block of Stone Mill Drive.

Police would only say that the two women suffered 'apparent trauma,'reported the Indianapolis Star.