Authorities: Man found murdered in Crowell Cemetery, suspect apparently committed suicide

Trish Choate | For the Times Record News

Two Crowell men are dead in what appears to be a murder-suicide over the weekend.

Texas Rangers are investigating the deaths of William Schoolcraft, 61, and Jeremy Judd Owens, 37, Staff Sgt. Dan Buesing of the Texas Department of Public Safety said in an emailed statement Monday.

The Foard County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a body at the Crowell Cemetery Friday afternoon, Buesing said.

Schoolcraft’s body was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head at the cemetery, according to the TDPS statement.

Schoolcraft was not found in a vehicle, Buesing said.

Foard County Sheriff Mike Brown requested the Texas Rangers’ aid in investigating the death, according to the statement.

Schoolcraft's body has been sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy, Buesing said.

Law-enforcement officials began seeking a person of interest, Jeremy Judd Owens as a suspect in the murder of Schoolcraft, according to the statement.

Officials subsequently located Owens in Anadarko, Oklahoma, Saturday in a Walmart parking lot in a vehicle, Buesing said.

He was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the statement.

Owens had prepared a letter containing a confession to Schoolcraft’s murder, Buesing said.

Texas Rangers are still investigating, he said.