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ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities have re
opened investigations into the deaths of a
firefighter and a police officer who were ro
mantically involved with the same woman.
The men died six years apart, and their
deaths originally were attributed to irregu
lar heartbeats.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation
(GBI) said Monday that Forsyth County
firefighter Randy Thompson, who died
Jan. 22 at age 32, was poisoned with ethyl
ene glycol, a sweet, odorless chemical of
ten found in antifreeze.
Authorities now are taking a fresh look at
evidence in the autopsy of Cobb County po
lice officer Maurice Glenn Turner, who died
six years ago at age 31.
Turner’s body was exhumed Monday
from a Marietta cemetery for testing, which
will take several weeks.
“I’m just glad to see it moving along fi
nally,” said his brother, James Turner. “I
think there should have been an investiga-
Body exhumed to test
for ethylene glycol
tion done six years ago, and it wasn’t. I just
hope now it’s not too late.”
_Glenn Turner and Thompson were ro
mantically involved with Lynn Turner, a for
mer 911 dispatcher with the Cobb police.
Lynn and Glenn Turner were married
about six months before his death. Short
ly after the death, Thompson moved in
with her. The couple never married, hut
had two children before Thompson
moved out in 1999.
Lynn Turner, 33, of Gumming declined
to comment, The Atlanta Jow'nal-Constitu-
tion reported Tuesday.
An autopsy on April 27 found calcium ox
alate crystals in Thompson’s kidneys. The
crystals can result from the body metaboliz
ing antifreeze and are a strong indicator of
the poison’s presence.
Two months later, the state investi
confirmed evidence of anti freeze in
son’s blood and urine “in sufficient
ties to cause death,” said GBI spok
John Bankhead.
The poisoning “could be accitk.
could he suicide, it could be howl
Bankhead said.
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Police arrest 33 in East Texas drug sweep
LONGVIEW (AP) — More than three dozen East Texas resi
dents were arrested by a drug task force Tuesday on charges of
trafficking crack cocaine.
Federal, state and local law officers made 33 arrests by 11 a.m.
and continued seeking another 14 suspects.
The 1 7-month investigation uncovered three overlapping
groups distributing crack cocaine from homes, street corners,
parking lots and businesses in Longview, Gladewater and
Carthage, authorities said. Most of the drugs were transported
from Dallas and Houston to the Longview area.
Duncan Woodford, spokesman for Wes Rivers, U.S. Attorney
for the Eastern District of Texas, said he could not release the
names of businesses allegedly involved in the trafficking.
Gregg County District Attorney Bill Jennings called the arrests
"the first major roundup in five years."
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gaging in unhealthy behaviors
or whether already troubled
girls are more likely to date vio
lent partners.
Silverman said some of the
statistics and previous research
suggest the violence likely pre
ceded the unhealthy behavior.
Dr. Marla Kushner, director
of adolescent medicine at Chica
go’s Weiss Memorial Hospital,
said she suspects the problem
may be more widespread than
Silverman’s data suggest,':
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