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16 lut 2024 · Crews recovered the body of Meigs County Deputy Robert “RJ” Leonard from the Tennessee River on Thursday evening, Chief Deputy Brian Malone told news outlets. Officials said a body in the back seat of his vehicle is believed to be the woman he arrested Wednesday night after responding to a disturbance on a bridge.
16 lut 2024 · Leonard's patrol vehicle was found and pulled from the Tennessee River in an area on the border of Meigs and Hamilton counties earlier Thursday, officials said. His body was found hours later following a search, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
15 lut 2024 · The vehicle was found upside down with the trunk blown open by the pressure. A female body covered in "a lot of mud" was discovered in the back seat, Johnson said.
15 lut 2024 · — A search for a missing Tennessee deputy came to an end Thursday night, hours after his patrol car was found in a river with another body inside, officials confirmed. Authorities announced the body of Meigs County Deputy Robert “R.J.” Leonard, who was previously reported missing, had been pulled from the Tennessee River around 6:30 p.m ...
16 lut 2024 · MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. — UPDATE: The woman who died in the back of a patrol car that a Meigs County deputy inadvertently drove into the Tennessee River has been identified.
19 lut 2024 · Tabitha's body was discovered Thursday in the back seat of the car when it was pulled from the river. A memorial for Tabitha Smith near the Meigs County boat ramp. Image: WTVC. Deputy...
15 lut 2024 · Officials say his car continued into the river. Crews removed the deputy's vehicle from the river off Blythe Ferry Road a little after noon on Thursday. They found the woman's body in the...