Former Mayor, Ex-Wife Found Dead

"BELLEVUE, ID — The Hailey Police Department has confirmed that the former mayor of Bellevue and his ex-wife are dead in what appears to be a murder-suicide.

"Police were called to a home at 320 Walnut Street in Bellevue around 9 a.m. Tuesday. Once inside the home police found the body of 58-year-old Linda Vaughn of Bellevue. She was the apparent victim of a homicide.

"Lying next to her body was her ex-husband, 55-year-old Jon Anderson of Bellevue. It appears the former mayor died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"A caretaker found the bodies and called police. It appears the couple died in the early morning hours. There was a note left, but those details have not been released.

"Police say although the couple was divorced they lived at the home amicably."

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