At the end of the last thread the question was put forward whether JH actually said in his 911 call that EG had committed suicide, and there are several media descriptions, one saying that, and another saying that JH reported a woman not breathing with a gunshot wound. I think the chief said it was reported to them as a suicide.
My take on this is that JH would be calling in shock, maybe something like, "I'm at the house on Edgemoor and I've just found EG and it looks like she's shot herself (committed suicide)...The operator would then ask if the injured person is breathing, JH says not that he can tell...the operator asks if there's a gun nearby...JH says yes" And then I think a conversation like that is turned into those media snippets and the wording that the chief used.