The mother and son found dead near a church in Mayflower on Tuesday appear to have died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to police.
Police reported Wednesday that 45-year-old Jalesha Jeffery and her son 24-year-old Antonio Simmons, both of Conway, were found dead with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Mayflower Tuesday afternoon.
"Following a thorough investigation, all evidence in this case supports that both subjects suffered from self-inflicted gunshot wounds," the Mayflower Police Department said in a post on Facebook Thursday afternoon.
The bodies of Jeffery and Simmons were discovered by officers responding welfare check call, the department said in a Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon.
"The Mayflower Police Department extends our thoughts and prayers to the family during this extremely difficult time," the post on Thursday said.