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Convicted steroids dealer who gave names to NFL found dead
ESPN.com news services

Updated: June 5, 2008, 2:34 PM ET
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PLANO, Texas -- A convicted steroids dealer who recently met with NFL security officials and gave them names of players he said bought steroids from him has been found dead in his home.


Just after midnight on Thursday, Plano police made a welfare check and found 35-year-old David Jacobs and 30-year-old Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell dead. Both had been shot.


Officer Rick McDonald, a police spokesman, said the officers were making a welfare check after relatives of Earhart-Savell expressed concern about her whereabouts.



He says Plano detectives aren't releasing information about whether the deaths were a double homicide or a murder-suicide, whether a weapon was found near the bodies, or any other details.



Jacobs was sentenced to three years probation and fined $25,000 on May 1 after pleading guilty last year in federal court in Dallas to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.

Men in ski masks and jackets marked "police" were seen entering the home late Thursday morning, according to the Dallas Morning News.



The newspaper reported it had spoken with Jacobs frequently and exchanged e-mails with him as recently as last weekend. Jacobs had sought to rebuild his nutritional supplement business, but he was experiencing financial problems and having trouble getting his old client base to work with him, according to the report.



On May 21, Jacobs met with NFL security officials in the Dallas area and gave them names of players he said bought steroids from him, according to Hank Hockeimer, his lawyer.



Hockeimer told the newspaper on Thursday he had not yet been briefed about the situation at Jacobs' house.



The league requested the meeting after Jacobs was sentenced to three years of probation on May 1 for a single count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. He had cooperated with federal authorities since his arrest last year.



By his own account, Jacobs was a prolific salesman, moving 1,000 bottles of anabolic steroids a month and an equal number of growth hormone kits that he obtained illicitly from China.



Hockeimer had said that league officials seemed "genuinely interested" in what Jacobs had to say, as well as in canceled checks and e-mails that he provided.



Jacobs has publicly acknowledged that he dealt primarily with two NFL players, and earlier identified one of them as offensive lineman Matt Lehr. Last month, Jacobs told the Dallas Morning News that Lehr purchased tens of thousands of dollars of steroids and growth hormone from the spring of 2006 to the spring of 2007. He also told the paper that Lehr agreed to have boxes of raw steroid powder from China shipped directly to his Georgia home.



Lehr served a four-game suspension while a member of the Atlanta Falcons in October 2006 after he tested positive for a banned substance. He spent last season with Tampa Bay and was acquired by the Saints in the offseason.



Lehr's attorney, Paul Coggins, has said the player hasn't used banned substances since he was suspended and has since passed NFL drug tests. The attorney has also said Jacobs' allegations are retaliation because Lehr wouldn't pay Jacobs' legal fees.

After his sentencing, Jacobs told The New York Times that he hoped to tell league officials about "loopholes in their program." He also said he'd advised about 10 players to use finasteride, a drug to treat balding, because it masks steroid use.

[Father Demon]

He farged with one of the baddest gangs on the planet - the NFL.  You don't want to mess with their money, or their reputation.

Men with ski masks and police jackets -    .  Yep, the police ALWAYS wear ski masks when visiting someone.

[rjs246]

Darren McFadden is rich, bitches.

[Father Demon]

Parcells talks about Dolphins, Jason Taylor update kinda sorta

Parcells said the Dolphins are ''not actively'' trying to trade Taylor and left open the possibility of Taylor rejoining the team.

On the Taylor front, the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Washington taterskins and San Diego Chargers have shown varying degrees of interest in making a trade. The Jacksonville Jaguars, interested before the draft, are no longer, according to ESPN.

[reese125]

The funny thing about this saga is that at first-- reports at draft time were, "Dolphins will absolutely take nothing less than a first rounder."

Now:

NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports the Dolphins will trade Jason Taylor if and only if they're offered a second-round draft choice.

So by training camp, the Eagles should get him for absolutely no less than a 5th

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So by training camp, the Eagles should get him for absolutely no less than a 5th

Fail.

[Diomedes]

ha

Jesus reese, try to mean what you say...

[ice grillin you]

ha

Jesus reese, stop posting...

[reese125]

Cedric Benson is a puddle.

DUI arrest per Sirius

[Sgt PSN]

Is this a new one or does it stem from him being picked up on his boat?

[PhillyPhreak54]

New.

He was pulled over in downtown Austin and refused the breath and blood.

[Sgt PSN]

What a douche.  I liked him when he was at Texas but he's been absolutely worthless since the day he was drafted. 

[phattymatty]

this is even worse than extremeskins...

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/06/08/the-bucs-ask-that-you-not-talk-about-the-stevens-rape-case/

[Don Ho]

please.  they'd last 30 seconds on this site before requesting a date on Dr. Phil.

[Feva]

What a douche.  I liked him when he was at Texas but he's been absolutely worthless since the day he was drafted. 

Apparently the Bears agree.  They just released him.