Local 3 News A patrol car belonging to a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who disappeared while he was taking a woman to jail was dredged out of a river a day later, but the officer himself remains missing, authorities said on Thursday.Meigs County Deputy Robert “RJ” Leonard’s vehicle was found flipped upside down in the Tennessee River, the driver’s side window rolled down. A muddy body, believed to be that of his female detainee, was discovered in the backseat, police said at an afternoon news confe
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Facebook Thursday night it had recovered the body of Robert “RJ” Leonard, a rookie deputy with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, from the Tennessee River and his remains were being transported to the Knoxville Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
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