KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man believed to have shot a woman and left her to die in a Miami County ditch was found dead Tuesday in Grandview, Missouri, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
John Raymond Gray, 36, drove away from his Grandview house on New Year's Day in a white Dodge Ram pickup truck, according to a news release from the Miami County Sheriff's Department.
A woman was in the truck with Gray, the news release states.
Gray drove to Miami County where the shooting occurred.
The woman, suffering life-threatening gunshot wounds, was dumped in a ditch near 299th Street and Somerset Road, according to the news release.
Miami County investigators found out Gray was a suspect in the shooting and asked for help from Grandview police to find Gray.
A Grandview police officer called the Miami County Sheriff's Office Tuesday to let them know Gray's body found was in his house.
The woman shot remains in critical condition.
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