| Updated: 6/18/2009 7:54 pm |
Published: 6/17/2009 3:15 pm |
Sherwood police are calling the suspicious deaths in Sherwood a murder-suicide. A woman and her child were found with gunshot wounds in their home Wednesday afternoon.
Investigators found the body of Shingo Eyman, 35, and a 6-year-old Lillian Abigail Eyman in their home on Wild Mountain Road.
Police tell us it appears that Eyman shot her daughter and then herself.
Investigators say a man called 911 when he arrived at the home and found the two female bodies inside around 12:40 Wednesday afternoon.
Neighbors say a woman and a little girl just moved there within the year.
"We've lived in Sherwood for ten years. We've not had any problems. It's kind of sad, it's really kind of sad," neighbor Debbie Wirges said.
Police are not confirming who found them. The bodies have been taken to the state crime lab.
New details in Sherwood murder-suicide
Investigators now say the death of a mother and daughter in Sherwood is a case of murder-suicide. Police say the mother, Shingo Eyman, shot her daughter Abby and then turned the gun on herself.
"There wasn't any forced entry. No sign of a struggle. We're investigating it as a homicide-suicide,” Lt. Mike Payne with the Sherwood police tells us.
Six-year-old Abby Eyman, a beauty queen and her mother 35-year-old Shingo Eyman were found shot to death Wednesday afternoon in their Sherwood home.
Pulaski County Coroner, Garland Camper says Abby was shot mostly in the back. "The daughter sustained several gunshot wounds and then she (the mother) turned the gun on her self."
Police tell me the mother's boyfriend found the bodies when he came to the house for lunch, they were found in the master bedroom in the bed.
"It’s sickening in a neighborhood like this. Don't ever dream of anything like this happening, this happens in California. It's a real shame," neighbor Cindy Glover said.
Why Shingo Eyman might do this is unknown right now. "You never know what a person is thinking...we just don't know that,” Lt. Payne said. "Anytime you have to investigate a situation like this, involving a child it's very heartbreaking."
