Tea Party Leader Mark Mayfield Commits Suicide

Mark Mayfield, who faced conspiracy charges relating to last month's scandal involving photos of Sen. Thad Cochran's wife, was found dead in his home of a gunshot wound to the head. Police are investigating the death as a suicide. (Update: Officials say a suicide note was found at the scene. "Everything we see so far, this appears to be a suicide," Ridgeland Police Chief Jimmy Houston told the Associated Press.

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