Mandy Matula’s Blood Found on Jacket in David Roe’s Vehicle

UPDATE: 3.20 p.m. Tuesday, May 7

The Eden Prairie Police Department released test results related to 24-year-old Mandy Marie Matula’s disappearance.

Ballistics testing has confirmed that markings on the unfired bullet discovered Saturday, May 4 indicate it was at some point in the chamber of the handgun David Marshall Roe used on himself

DNA analysis has revealed the presence of Matula’s DNA in a blood sample from a jacket found in Roe’s vehicle.

Matula was known to be with Roe before her disappearance, and was reported as missing to police by her family at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 2.

Based on information from Matula’s family, police identified Roe as a "person of interest" and contacted him by phone. Roe agreed to meet with an investigator for questioning, but upon arrival at the Eden Prairie City Center parking lot, he shot himself in the head. Roe was transported to HCMC, and was confirmed as deceased by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner Saturday, May 3.

Police are reviewing both physical and electronic evidence that might lead to Matula’s location, including Roe’s vehicle, cellphone and computer, his home and financial records. This evidence has led police to search in targeted areas around Eden Prairie, Carver County and Stearns County. Based on cellphone and financial records, Roe is confirmed to have stopped at a Maple Grove Standard station and purchased gas at around 4 a.m. on Thursday, May 2.

Today police are repeating surface checks on lakes in Eden Prairie, and continuing to follow up on potential leads and search targeted areas.

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Friends have started a fund for the Matula family to continue the search for missing Eden Prairie woman.

Donations can be made online or by going to Wells Fargo directly and writing a check out to "Mandy Matula Fund."

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See also: 

• Man Shoots Himself Prior To Questioning About Missing Woman
• Paper Left Behind After Man Shot Himself May Contain Clues to Woman's Disappearance
• Ex-Boyfriend of Missing Woman Dies After Shooting Himself
• Search Continues For Missing Eden Prairie Woman Mandy Matula