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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Law - "Missing Georgia Lawyer and Her Husband Are Declared Dead" [Updated]
This is pretty scary (especially in light of recent news here in Indiana). From the ABA Journal Blog:
A Savannah lawyer and her husband have been declared dead by a Georgia judge, more than a year after they disappeared after a meeting with a bookkeeper they suspected of stealing from them.Another story, this one from Indiana's 6 News, headed "Judge Says He Found Man Beating Woman In Court."A memorial service for Elizabeth Calvert, 45, and her husband John, 47, is planned later this month following the ruling late last month by a DeKalb County judge, reports the Island Packet. Elizabeth Calvert practiced as a tax attorney at HunterMacLean in Savannah.
The individual the couple suspected of stealing from them, Dennis Ray Gerwing, 54, was considered a person of interest in their March 2008 disappearance. He committed suicide approximately one week after the Calverts' disappearance.
SPENCER, Ind. -- A judge told police he heard a commotion coming from his central Indiana courtroom and rushed inside to find a man beating up a woman.No word on how the prisoner ended up alone in the courtroom with the woman.Police said Mark Winders, 31, and the woman were at the Owen County Courthouse for a child custody hearing and were alone in the courtroom when the attack happened Thursday.
A police report indicated that Winders kicked the woman several times and then stomped on her face after she fell to the floor before Judge Frank Nardi approached them.
Winders was being held in the Owen County Jail on domestic battery charges and a drug possession charge after guards reported finding he had a small amount of marijuana.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 4, 2009 10:16 AM
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