UPDATE: Eau Claire Homicide Suspect found dead

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) -- Eau Claire Police have identified Scott A. Jenkins as the suspect in the shooting death of Michelle Jenkins.

According to a release from the Eau Claire Police Department, authorities were called to the 400 block of Gilbert Avenue for a welfare check around 6:30 p.m.on August 29. Officers found 56-year-old Michelle Jenkins dead with multiple gunshot wounds.

Jenkins, 59, and Michelle were siblings. Eau Claire Police Detectives conducted extensive interviews and a neighborhood canvass. Scott's vehicle was identified and later found on Buffalo County and Eau Claire County Flock Cameras.

Once Flock Cameras established a timeline, Detectives used city of Eau Claire Public Safety Cameras and discovered  Scott had driven to Michelle's residence the day she was killed. Other tracking methods were employed with the assistance of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) that also concluded Scott was at Michelle's residence.

Intelligence gathered determined he was traveling to and from Rochester and Winona. Detectives coordinated with multiple agencies in southeast Minnesota and continued to deploy other investigative tracking strategies. Detectives maintained continuous contact with law enforcement agencies in an effort to locate and apprehend Scott. A search warrant was served at Scott's residence in Rochester. Additional evidence was collected; however, Scott was not located. On Thursday, Eau Claire Police Detectives were notified that Winona Police initiated a traffic stop of Scott's' vehicle on I-90 near Highway 43 with the assistance of other agencies. During the course of the traffic stop, Officers gave instructions for him to exit the vehicle. Officers eventually approached the vehicle and found Jenkins deceased in the driver's seat with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Eau Claire Detectives later responded to Winona to assist and collect additional evidence. The Eau Claire Police Department is grateful for the assistance from the following agencies: Wisconsin State Patrol, Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office, Buffalo County Sheriff's Office, Wisconsin State Crime Lab, Eau Claire County District Attorney's Office, Eau Claire County Medical Examiner, Ramsey County Medical Center, Minnesota BCA, Rochester Police Department, Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Winona Police Department, Winona County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota State Patrol, St. Charles Police Department, St. Charles Ambulance Service, and Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office ​COPYRIGHT 2024 BY NEWS 8 NOW/NEWS 8000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.