LAFAYETTE — Jane and Jason Moore's domestic fight late Saturday and early Sunday wasn't their first, but unlike earlier fights, this one ended tragically.
Fifty-three-year-old Jason Moore shot his 50-year-old wife several times with a .38-caliber revolver inside the garage of their upscale home at 50 Mill Drive in rural Tippecanoe County, northeast of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County Coroner Donna Avolt said.
Then Jason turned the gun on himself, according to preliminary autopsy results released by Avolt on Monday afternoon.
Jane Moore's two teenage children were inside the house in their bedrooms, according to Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office. Both went downstairs after hearing the shots, and one of the teens, went into the garage to see if he could help his mother and stepfather, Avolt and Tippecanoe County Sheriff Bob Goldsmith said.
The couple, however, was dead, Avolt said.
The teens then called 911 at 12:08 a.m. Sunday, according to Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office.
No one will ever know what Jane and Jason argued about because both of the teens were in their rooms during the fight and shooting, so they didn't hear what sparked the fight, Goldsmith said.
The children are with family, Goldsmith said.
The shootings marked the end to a rocky relationship that was punctuated by domestic upheaval.
In November, Moore went to jail accused of landing an uppercut to Jane's chin during a fight, according to the probable cause affidavit. He was scheduled for trial on April 4 on a felony charge of domestic battery.
At the time, the affidavit says Jane told deputies, "This always happens when he starts drinking."
Deputies reported that Jane also told them, "He's always the aggressor."
In the Nov. 27 fight, Jane told deputies that they were arguing about "distant family issues," according to the affidavit.
Jason told deputies the argument was about "a thousand different things," according to the affidavit.
The Moores married in October 2014, but in July 2017, Jason filed for divorce from Jane, according to court documents, which indicated that the two did not have any children together.
The court case remained active for six months, then on Jan. 16, 2018, Jane Moore petitioned to have the case dismissed, stating she and Jason reconciled. Jane Moore's motion was was granted two days later.
The violence shatters the stereotype that domestic violence only occurs in lower social economic classes, said Leah Giorgini, director of Lafayette's YWCA Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program.
"It happened in a very affluent, nice neighborhood where you wouldn't think domestic violence would happen," Giorgini said. "It can happen in any means and circumstances."
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