A 35-year-old US police officer was found dead at the bottom of a river on Thursday, hours after he made his first ever arrest. The bodies of Robert John Leonard, a newly-appointed deputy sheriff in Tennessee, and the woman he arrested were found.
The search continues for MCSO Deputy Robert R.J. Leonard, who went missing after responding to a call about a disturbance on a bridge. Multiple agencies and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search efforts near the Blythe Ferry landing.
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