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Jessica upshaw. local news reports say that she died from a single gunshot wound to the head. the simpson county sheriff is quoted as saying it appeared to be a suicide. brian todd is covering the developments and joins us. this is a very unusual story. not so much that it s a state representative and that there is will potential suicide, but for where this person was found. can you explain? we can a little bit. we ve gotten new information. we just got off the phone with a close friend of representative jessica upshaw, this friend was her yesterday. this friend does confirm to us that she died outside the home of a former inin mississippi ste representative who lives in mendenhall, mississippi more than 100 miles from the home district of jessica upshaw. this friend who was with jessica upshaw tells us that she had struggled with depression for many years, had been battling it and really aggressively battling ....