Iâm here to fight : Newton County coroner rescinds resignation in exclusive FOX 5 I-Team interview
By Dale Russell and FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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Newton County coroner rescinds resignation
Newton County Coroner Doretha Bailey-Butts said she changed her mind about her resignation during FOX 5 s tour of the county morgue.
COVINGTON, Ga. - It was a stunning reversal for Newton County Coroner Doretha Bailey-Butts. During an exclusive FOX 5 I-Team interview on Wednesday, Bailey-Butts said she had changed her mind about leaving her post just a day earlier announcing she would resign. At the end of the day, I’m here to fight and I will be retracted, and resubmitted my…that I’m staying on this job, Bailey-Butts said. Mr. Russell, after speaking with you, I will be here.
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COVINGTON, Ga. - Jan. 22 in Newton County on Highway 212, a car left the roadway, drove through a ditch for 507 feet, then traveled back onto the highway and hit another car head-on. That s according to a Newton County Sheriff’s report.
The newly elected Newton County coroner arrived at the scene of a deadly car wreck.
According to sheriff’s department reports, Coroner Doretha Bailey-Butts took a couple of photos of the deceased, left a body bag on the trunk of the deceased car and then told police she was leaving without transporting the body.