Overview

• The Spencer County Sheriff's Office reported receiving a call from 48-year-old Jamie Adkins stating she had shot her husband.
• Indiana State Police, the Santa Claus Police Department, and the Spencer County Sheriff's Office responded to the residence.
• Responding officers found 49-year-old John Adkins dead from a gunshot wound inside the home.
• Jamie Adkins was found with a gunshot wound, transported to a hospital in Owensboro, Kentucky, and later died.
• Autopsies are being conducted in Indiana, and state police say the investigation remains active.