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A day after local police said convicted steroids dealer David Jacobs had been murdered in his home, the medical examiner has now said Jacobs actually committed suicide.

Jacobs and his ex-girlfriend, a bodybuilder named Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell were found dead of gunshot wounds on Thursday in Jacobs' home in Plano, Texas. Police said both were murdered, but the medical examiner said today that Jacobs died of two self-inflicted gunshot wounds, one to the abdomen and one to the head.

Authorities have not made a ruling on the cause of Earhart-Savell's death.

Multiple media outlets have reported that Jacobs met with NFL officials and gave them the names of players he said bought steroids from him. Those names have not been made public, although Jacobs had said previously that he gave steroids to Matt Lehr (pictured), an offensive lineman who served a four-game suspension last year for a violation of the NFL's policy on steroids and related substances.

David Jacobs, the convicted steroids dealer who was found shot to death in his home Thursday, had predicted he might be murdered.

ESPN the Magazine writer Shaun Assael interviewed Jacobs after he had implicated other steroid users to federal investigators and to the NFL, and Assael reports this:

When explaining why he did not want to go public, Jacobs said: "The kinds of people I know about could put a bullet in the back of my head."

Jacobs' father discussed his son's death with Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times.

David Jacobs, a convicted steroids dealer who recently told NFL officials that he gave steroids to players, was found dead in his home today.

Jacobs, who had implicated NFL player Matt Lehr (pictured) as one of the people he gave steroids, was found dead along with a woman identified as his ex-girlfriend, Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell. A gun was also found at the home. Earhart-Savell's parents found the bodies.

A local TV news station reports that police said the deaths were considered a double homicide. The station also reports that Earhart-Savell's MySpace Profile lists her as an International Federation of Body Building and Fitness professional and a fitness model.

Jacobs was sentenced to three years' probation last month for his role in a steroid-distribution ring. He had been cooperating with law enforcement.

Convicted steroid trafficker David Jacobs met with NFL officials Wednesday and told them the names of players he says he supplied with banned performance-enhancing drugs. Jacobs will not, however, identify those players publicly. From the Dallas Morning News:

"The general topic was his knowledge of steroid and human growth hormone use by current and former players," said Hank Hockeimer, Mr. Jacobs' attorney, who accompanied his client to the meeting that took place in the Dallas area.

"They were thorough in their questioning," Mr. Hockeimer said. "David provided them with documents corroborating what he was telling them."

Mr. Hockeimer would not say which players were discussed.

"My view is that as long as the league is investigating this, we're not going to comment on any names provided," he said.

The one player Jacobs has named publicly is Matt Lehr, the New Orleans Saints offensive lineman who was suspended for four games in 2006 for violating the NFL policy on steroids and related substances. Lehr, with his suspension behind him, likely won't face further league discipline. The other players whom Jacobs named Wednesday likely won't be as lucky.