Probe into Schweich's death is over

Investigators are closing their probe into former Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich's suicide after failing to find an explanation for why the Republican gubernatorial hopeful took his life, a suburban St. Louis detective told The Associated Press.

Investigators searched Schweich's work computers in St. Louis and Jefferson City but found no evidence of a scandal, extramarital affairs or a "whisper campaign" that Schweich privately stated was waged against him, claiming he was Jewish.

Schweich shot himself in February in his Clayton home.

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