LATE BREAKING Springfield, IL Mayor Tim Davlin found dead in his home.

Twitter ^ | 14 DEC 10 | dcbryan1

[DCBryan1]

Developing

LATE BREAKING - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Police: Springfield, IL Mayor Tim Davlin found dead in his home.

10 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Will update as news comes in.

[DCBryan1]

Are there any "Henry Bowman" types in Springfield?

[STD]

Taking out the trash

[La Lydia]

From another tweet: “SJ-R confirms Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin shot himself to death before court hearing today about missing money from estate he had overseen.”

[TSgt]

[ZX12R]

Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin shot himself to death before court hearing today about missing money from estate he had overseen

I guess he was guilty.

[agere_contra]

I’m assuming this was an assisted suicide until there’s more to the story.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Looting the estates of dead people with no close relatives is a perk of being a lawyer, everybody knows that.

[fml]

Cowards way out

[dfwgator]

“Hey man, nice shot.”

[al baby]

OMG too funny

[The Cajun]

Looting the estates of dead people with no close relatives is a perk of being a lawyer, everybody knows that.

And looting the estates of dead people with close relatives is congress's job.

[dfwgator]

Well at least he didn’t do it in front of a camera like Budd Dwyer.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

And looting the estates of dead people with close relatives is congress's job.

Exactly!

[Vermont Lt]

Finally!

A government official who is concerned about saving the citizens from unnecessary spending.

[blackdog]

Bud Dwyer called a press conference to make sure nobody had any confusion on how it happened. That was nasty. I think it was a 357 Magnum.

[dennisw]

Christmas time is a time for refection and self-reckoning. The burden got too heavy for him at this time of year. He had his fun and now he gots to pay the price

All debts (embezzlement here) get paid....eventually

[Gasshog]

Corruptocrat?

[Trajan88]

Filter.

[al baby]

LOOTER DUDE

[John W]

From ChicagoBreakingNews.com-

Davlin did not show up for a court-ordered appearance this morning in a pending estate case involving his late cousin.

In October, the State Journal-Register in Springfield reported that Davlin owed the federal government nearly $90,000 in unpaid income taxes and liens had been filed against his home. The mayor then blamed the problem on a dispute with the IRS over taxes owed on investments he cashed in to buy the home.