MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop G - 1226 W. Bus. 60/63, Willow Springs, MO 65793


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Jeff Kinder
(417) 469-3121, ext. 3735
G - 02161
February 5, 2016

EMPHASIS: Carter County Woman Dies Of Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound


Troop G troopers are assisting the Carter County Sheriff’s Department with an investigation involving a Carter County woman who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Shortly before midnight on February 4, 2016, the Carter County Sheriff’s Department had telephone contact with a female who was upset with the recent arrest of her husband and threatened suicide. A Troop G trooper and Carter County deputy sheriff responded to the female’s residence and were met in front of the residence by the female, who was armed with a handgun. The female was asked several times to put the gun down, however she fired one shot striking herself in the head. She was taken to a Poplar Bluff hospital where she was pronounced dead. She is identified as Dalia Sobas, 64, of Ellsinore, Missouri.

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