[US] [TX] Amy Yager's gone. Her federal agent husband in segregated jail

I have a picture of the shooter but not Amy - so I'm not posting his until Amy is considered someone too. All that's known is that she was a student in college. That's not enough.

Looks like this police lieutenant is in a hurry to decide - though he WAS NOT THERE - that Jeff Yager didn't premeditate killing Amy. The idea just dropped out of the sky and somehow this lieutenant knows that. Agent Yager knew to walk from the house, and to delay calling the police after Amy was shot.

...Amarillo Police [Lt. Gary] Trupe declined to say Friday afternoon whether Yager had confessed to the crime, but did say he had expressed remorse... Trupe said they'll probably never know all the details of the homicide, but he said it doesn't appear to be premeditated.
"Obviously something happened and the weapon got brought into play and a young lady lost her life"...
The National Nuclear Security Administration confirmed today that Yager is a federal agent with the Office of Secure Transportation Central Command in Amarillo. Yager, who holds a top secret "Q" clearance, has been removed from duty and his access to Pantex and other nuclear weapons sites has been suspended...

3 YOUTUBE VIDEOS:
U.S. Federal Agent Jeff Yager arrested, charged, for killing wife Amy: (1), (2), (3)


MAN ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING WIFE
amarillo.com
Brenda Bernet
September 12, 2008
A 26-year-old man was arrested by Amarillo police early this morning for allegedly shooting and killing his wife in the 6100 block of Hatfield Circle, which is behind Amarillo High School just off Bell Street. Jeff Yager was booked into the Randall County jail on a murder charge, but had not been arraigned as of 11 a.m. today... Police arrived at the couple's home at 3:44 a.m. today. They found Amy Yager in a bedroom, dead from an apparent gunshot wound to her upper back, police said. A medium caliber semi-automatic gun police think was used in the murder was recovered at the scene...
Update: 1:27 PM
Jim McBride
An official confirmed this afternoon that the 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his wife early this morning is a federal agent assigned to protect shipments of nuclear weapons and materials... Yager, assigned to the Pantex Plant outside Amarillo, was arrested in the slaying of 26-year-old Amy Yager at their home in the 6100 block of Hatfield Circle, which is behind Amarillo High School just off Bell Street. The National Nuclear Security Administration confirmed today that Yager is a federal agent with the Office of Secure Transportation Central Command in Amarillo. Yager, who holds a top secret "Q" clearance, has been removed from duty and his access to Pantex and other nuclear weapons sites has been suspended. "The only thing we have done thus far is to restrict his access to (Energy Department) NNSA facilities," NNSA spokesman Al Stotts said. "We have let all of our sites know he has no access." Police arrived at the couple's home at 3:44 a.m. today. They found Amy Yager in a bedroom, dead from an apparent gunshot wound to her upper back, police said... anyone with information is asked to call the Amarillo Police Department's Special Crimes Unit at (806) 378-9468 [Full article here]

AMARILLO WIFE SHOT, KILLED
FEDERAL COURIER ASSIGNED TO PANTEX JAILED
By Janelle Stecklein janelle.stecklein@amarillo.com
September 13, 2008
Moments after an Amarillo man fatally shot his wife, he walked more than a mile to report the death to a friend... The friend drove 26-year-old Jeff Yager back to the home on Hatfield Circle behind Amarillo High School, where he made a grisly discovery. The man, whose name has not been released, found Amy Yager, 26, lying on her stomach in her bedroom dead from an apparent gunshot wound to her back. The friend called 911 about 3:45 a.m... [Lt. Gary] Trupe declined to say Friday afternoon whether Yager had confessed to the crime, but did say he had expressed remorse over his wife's death... James Gardner, who lives across the street from the Yagers, said he saw the two arguing on their front lawn Thursday afternoon... Trupe said there is no history of domestic violence involving the couple and officers had never previously responded to the address. But he said friends reported that the Yagers had "domestic issues"... Amy and Jeff Yager earlier in the evening went out separately with friends. Both returned home after 2 a.m. and Jeff Yager's friend - the man who found the body - had acted as Yager's designated driver... Trupe said they'll probably never know all the details of the homicide, but he said it doesn't appear to be premeditated. "Obviously something happened and the weapon got brought into play and a young lady lost her life," he said. Amy Yager, he said, was a student at Amarillo College. Jeff Yager is a federal agent assigned to protect shipments of nuclear weapons and materials at the Pantex Plant outside Amarillo.... Trupe said the Yagers met while serving in the Marine Corps... [Full article here]

9/16 Update:
Now that I have pictures of Amy, here's Agent David Yager: