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WEST JORDAN - Police are preparing to obtain a search warrant for

the car and residence of a 22-year-old man they say shot his

ex-girlfriend Tuesday and then turned the shotgun on himself.

Officers have not identified the victim but neighbors say it is

Jamie Vance.

Just after 9 a.m., the victim's mother, who neighbors say is Nancy

Vance, called police from her work and told them her daughter's

ex-boyfriend was in their house.

The woman alerted police after her daughter's friend called and

said she was talking to 21-year-old Jamie Vance - who said she had

lost her car keys - when Jamie began screaming and the line went dead.

About the same time, the mother and the police arrived at her

house at 8780 S. 1412 West and found the bodies of Jamie and her

ex-boyfriend in the basement at the bottom of a staircase, said Lt.

Dan Gallagher.

The pair died from shotgun wounds, he said.

The mother and her daughter's friend, who also showed up at the

house, were immediately taken to the West Jordan Police Department,

Gallagher said.

"I think [the mother] is in shock. I think both her and the

[murder victim's] girlfriend are having a really hard time,"

Gallagher said.

Kay Dahn, who lives at 8780 S. 1465 West, said she was the second

person to go by the house after the police arrived.

"When I came up I just saw the tape and all of these officers are

there. I did hear hysterical crying and thought it might be the

mother and realized it was the friend," Dahn said.

Police have not yet released the name of the ex-boyfriend, who

neighbors say may have dated Jamie since she was in the eighth grade.

The couple had recently split, Gallagher said, and young woman had

taken the remainder of her ex-boyfriend's belongings to him Monday

night in what was supposed to be the end of a long, drawn-out break

up.

"He definitely got the message she thought the relationship was

over," Gallagher said.

Neighbors say Jamie may also have gone on a date with another man

that night.

About 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, however, the man showed up at the

victim's home. At first, he told the mother he was there for her and

her daughter's protection, Gallagher said. Then he told her that his

car, a green Honda Accord parked around the corner, had broken down

and asked to use the phone.

The mother let him in. Afterwards, the man asked if he could wait

at the house for about an hour while he waited for a friend to pick

him up, Gallagher said. The mother told him no and the man left.

A couple of hours later, the mother saw the man's car still parked

outside, but did not see him, Gallagher said.

Neighbors say the Vances have lived in the same house for at least

18 years. Jamie, who they believe was in beauty school, formerly

attended West Jordan High School.

"She was just a typical, energetic young girl," Dahn said. "It has

been many years since I've had anything to do with her."

Dahn said everyone on the street was shocked to learn of the

murder-suicide Tuesday.

"Of course we are very stunned and upset and could not believe

that had happened while we were innocently going about our lives,"

she said.