Marshburn said Friday morning that upon learning Emily Glass was dead, his first thought was that Lucas deserves justice.
"It's shocking, but it's not really that shocking," he said. "I told law enforcement she was suicidal."
A friend of the family, Shelly Eberhardt, arrived at the scene this morning saying, "She never got to tell her story. Unfortunately, now she never will."
A spokesperson for Lucas' family release the following statement on behalf of Jamie Taylor-Orr, Lucas' mother:
Today, Emily Glass chose to end her own life. We are deeply shocked and saddened by this turn of events. Another mother and father have lost a child. Children have lost their mother, and a family will have to grieve someone they loved. We know from experience how heartbreaking and tragic this will be for them.
This is not the ending we would have chosen for Emily. She was the only person on this earth who could tell us what the last moments of our child’s life were like. We wanted answers and we still want justice. Our hope is that the truth will still come out, that there will be answers to the many questions we have.
Please keep Emily’s family in your thoughts and prayers, along with ours. None of us wanted or expected all this loss and devastation that has come to pass. Give both of our families’ time to process this unexpected death.
Officer Charley Davidson said Jonathan Hernandez got to the home in the 600 block of South Edgemoor at around 1:30 a.m. and found Emily Glass dead of a gunshot wound. Police have said Hernandez has been "absolutely cooperative" in their investigation.
A rifle was found near Glass' feet and three suicide notes were found in the home, Davidson said. He declined to comment on the contents of those notes.
An autopsy will be conducted. Davidson said her death was reported as a suicide and the investigation is ongoing. A cause of death will be determined by the coroner’s office, he said.
During a media briefing on Friday morning, Officer Davidson the Wichita Police Department indicated that Lucas’ father, 34-year-old Jonathan Hernandez, stated he arrived home a little after 1:30 a.m. to find 27-year-old Emily Glass lifeless from a gunshot wound. According to Davidson, it’s unclear whether her death was a suicide or homicide and will remain unclear until an autopsy is performed.
Wichita police said at a Friday news conference that the investigation into Lucas’ disappearance and death is continuing. A coroner has not yet ruled on how he died.
Authorities would not say how Glass dying affects their investigation or whether they are considering other possible suspects in the case.
Lucas’ father, 34-year-old Jonathan Hernandez, called 911 at 1:40 a.m. Friday to report that he’d come home and found Glass’ body, according to police.
Authorities who responded to the address found a rifle at her feet and three “suicide notes” at the residence, police said.
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