Posted on 03/25/2013 6:23:36 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
Rep. Jessica Upshaw slideshow MENDENHALL State Rep. Jessica Upshaw, an attorney who had been a lawmaker since 2004, was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide. She was 53.
Simpson County Sheriff Kenneth Lewis told WLOX-TV that Upshaw was found at a home in Mendenhall, about 30 miles southeast of Jackson.
"It appeared she had a gunshot wound to her head; it appeared to be self-inflicted," he said.
Lewis told The Clarion-Ledger she was found at the home of former state Rep. Clint Rotenberry. He has not been arrested and did not answer his phone.
Upshaw, a Republican from Diamondhead along the state's coast, died about 110 miles from her hometown.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was investigating, said spokesman Warren Strain. He would say only that the death did not appear to be natural. Simpson County Coroner Terry Tutor also would not comment on the cause of death.
The sheriff did not return a phone call from The Associated Press.
"I have known Jessica for many years as an unselfish and dedicated public servant," Gov. Phil Bryant said. "This is a tragic loss for her family and all Mississippians, and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family during this difficult time."
Upshaw was the fifth legislator to die in as many months. The other four two representatives and two senators died of natural causes.
"Once again this session, the House has been touched by tragedy," House Speaker Philip Gunn said in a statement. "Rep. Jessica Upshaw was an outstanding legislator and friend. She was one of the brightest and most competent members of the House."
Upshaw graduated from the University of Mississippi and its law school. She had represented Hancock and Harrison counties since 2004, according to her biography on the Legislature's website.
(Excerpt) Read more at djournal.com ...
Mississippi politician and grandmother, 53, ‘kills herself’ at home of former lawmaker
Upshaw was not married, but did have an adult daughter who is married with with a child of her own and lives in South Korea, according to the Clarion-Ledger.
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Upshaw is the fifth Mississippi lawmaker in to die in the last few months.
Joe Gardner of Batesville, died last month of a heart attack at the age of 68. Democratic Rep. David Gibbs, of West Point, died January 13.
Two Democratic state senators, Bennie Turner, of West Point, and Alice Harden, of Jackson, died in late 2012.
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the four previous Mississippi lawmaker deaths were all elderly, black Democrats who apparently all died of natural causes. Although, if you want a conspiracy, perhaps that’s what you should be looking at:
Bennie Turner (D) - age 64 - brain tumor - died 11/27/2012
Alice Harden (D) - age 64 - undisclosed, lengthy illness - died 12/06/2012
David Gibbs (D) - age 76 - cancer - resigned for health reasons 01/08/2013, died 01/13/2013
Joe Gardner (D) - age 68 - apparent heart attack - died 02/04/2013
All four were members of the Legislative Black Caucus.
Also, there is the case of (white) former Federal Prosecutor Jack Brooks Lacy of Mississippi, who died of a gunshot to the head at age 69 in late June, 2012. He “led the first federal prosecution in a civil-rights era killing”.
Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb/March/ 1 each month,? April,hmmm.
Yes, but was she threatened in order to get her to kill the bill, or bought off. Both are possibilities.
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But she was Chairman of Committee Directing BP Fine Money
Politician found with gunshot to head CBS: Does not appear to be a natural death Was directing BP oil spill fine money 5th Mississippi lawmaker to die in recent months
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Do you think this is like the horse head in the bed in the Godfather movie?
Does the list include the workers who died in the bp oil spill?
Anyone know where the Clintons were when this was happening? This kind of thing sounds like their part of Arkansas.
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