Update: Port Neches PD investigating murder-suicide, releases names

A .38 caliber revolver and a lengthy suicide note were found near the bodies of Robert and Cheryl Evans, a Port Neches couple discovered dead inside their Port Neches apartment over the weekend, an official said Monday.

Robert Evans' son, who lives in Arkansas, asked Port Neches police to check on his 64-year-old father after several days had passed and he hadn't heard from him.

Police Chief Paul Lemoine told BeaumontEnterprise.com that the couple's bodies were found in their bedroom — Cheryl Evans on the floor, Robert Evans on the bed — around noon on Sunday. He believes they had been dead for at least a day.

The preliminary investigation indicates Cheryl Evans, 60, shot her husband before turning the gun on herself, Lemoine said.

Lemoine declined to give details about the contents of the suicide note, which he described as being several pages long.

The chief said his officers had no record of domestic violence calls at the couples' address in the 600 block of Ridgewood Drive.

A public records search indicates the couple moved to Port Neches from Arkansas in the fall of 2013.

Jefferson County Justice of the Peace Marc Derouen has ordered autopsies, which are scheduled for Wednesday.

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