A Jackson area woman, whose body was found on South ChurchStreet early Wednesday morning, died of an apparent self-inflictedgunshot wound, officials said.

Lincoln County Coroner-Medical Examiner Morris Henderson saidthe woman has been identified as Terry C. Baxter, 34, ofClinton.

An autopsy will be performed, Henderson said, but the discoveryof two notes, one here and another left with the woman’s mother inJackson, point toward suicide.

The woman’s body was discovered by two joggers at 6:32 a.m. nearthe curb at 1200 South Church Street, according to BrookhavenPolice Chief Fred McKee.

“She was found with a bullet hole to the forehead, and theweapon, a .380 caliber semi-automatic, was found near her, ” saidMcKee.

The vehicle she was apparently driving was parked near thelocation of the body.

FALSE ALARM

A plane distress call that had Lincoln County deputies searchingon the ground and several airplanes looking from above Tuesdayafternoon was apparently a false alarm.

Brookhaven Airport Manager Benton Furlow said Greenwood FlightService reported a plane in distress near a Williams Lake around 4p.m. The plane’s cloth wing covering was beginning to tear, Furlowsaid.

Responding to the distress call, Lincoln County deputies begansearching the Highway 51 area around the lake. Furlow said severalpilots at the Brookhaven airport went up to look.

“They were calling around to different sheriffs’ departments,”Furlow said about Greenwood efforts to locate the plane.

As planes were returning, Furlow said he was notified theairplane had been found.

“It was not here. It was a Williams Lake in Louisiana,” Furlowsaid.

Furlow said he was told no other specifics and did not know ifthe plane crashed or landed safely. The Louisiana Associated Pressreported no plane crashes in the state Tuesday.

Furlow said calls to law enforcement and other agencies in awide area are common when there is a plane distress call.

News Editor Matthew Coleman contributed to thisreport.