Authorities probe deaths on Goshute Reservation

Friday, August 3, 2007  

Local and federal authorities are investigating the deaths of a man and his two children on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah.

Tribal members helped put out a burning car early Thursday morning. Inside were Christopher Jessop and his 3-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son.

Authorities say gasoline was poured on the car and ignited. They are trying to figure out whether to classify the incident as a homicide or a suicide-homicide.

Christopher Jessop, a contractor at the Dugway Proving Ground near the reservation, was having marital problems with his wife. Authorities are trying to determine whether this played a role in the deaths.

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Were deaths of man, two kids in charred SUV found on Goshute reservation murder-suicide? (The Salt Lake Tribune 8/3)

Man and two children dead in car fire on reservation (8/2)