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Wife of White House Aide Found Dead in Burning Car
Politics Daily ^ | January 10, 2011 | Christopher Weber

Posted on 01/10/2011 10:34:22 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Ashley Turton, wife of the Obama administration's House of Representatives liaison, Dan Turton, was found dead in a burning car Monday morning, Roll Call and other news outlets are reporting.

Fire officials said it appeared the car crashed as it was pulling in or out of the garage behind a rowhouse in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., at about 5 a.m. Neighbors dialed 911 after spotting the fire.

The body was discovered after fire crews doused the blaze. The fire also charred part of the garage. Nobody in the house was injured, fire officials said.

Ashley Turton worked as a lobbyist for the utility giant Progress Energy, according to Politico. She was a former staffer for U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.

Metropolitan Police Lt. Nicholas Breul told Roll Call a joint investigation is underway. Homicide detectives were called to the scene.

"This could be just a tragic freak accident," Breul said, adding there was no indication that there was a crime committed.

The White House had no immediate comment on the incident.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: ashleyturton; congress; danturton; democrats; obama; progressenergy; turton; whitehouse
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To: penelopesire
Hmmmmm......perhaps he knew too much and he was the target.

Could very well be it.

That matches the Chicago way too!

241 posted on 01/10/2011 1:29:45 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: maggief

I was saving pre-1982 cents in a coffee can for a Beamer like that. I guess, if their going to spontaneously combust and stuff, I’ll get a Ford instead.


242 posted on 01/10/2011 1:30:04 PM PST by Stentor ( "All cults of personality begin as high drama and end as low comedy.")
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To: angcat

A Capital Hill home like that cost $1 Million easily.


243 posted on 01/10/2011 1:30:27 PM PST by KillTime (Democracies that can't distinguish between good and evil or deny any difference shall surely perish.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Especially when they’re backing out of garages. All the time.


244 posted on 01/10/2011 1:35:34 PM PST by lonevoice (Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
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To: KillTime
Car parked at angle cuz Nissan Maxima is in the driveway. She had to navigate around the Maxima to get into the garage. She wasn't drunk, she didn't drive over a gasoline can,....we all know what happened here.






245 posted on 01/10/2011 1:41:14 PM PST by AdamBomb
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To: maine-iac7
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246 posted on 01/10/2011 1:41:14 PM PST by Think free or die
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; SierraWasp; tubebender; BOBTHENAILER; NormsRevenge

The only time I can remember seeing a burning car in the last couple of decades was shortly after the Green Whackos forced us to use MTBE in Californicator’s gasoline.

The first week of MTBE in our gas tanks disolving the neophrene fittings produced a lot of car fires.

We see burning cars on tv and seldom in real life.

So what caused this car to burn? A Chicago style hit?


247 posted on 01/10/2011 1:43:21 PM PST by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: AdamBomb; Ernest_at_the_Beach; tubebender; SierraWasp; Bob the builder; Liz

Thanks for posting this list.

Reminds me of the list that was ciculated by retired FBI agents re the violent deaths and questionable suicides of “friends” of the Clintoons before Clintoon won his first election.

Those circulating the list asked the readers if they could, to remember a murder of anyone they knew, had violent deaths from so called unexplained accidents and/or improbable suicides like shooting your self several times in your head or back.


248 posted on 01/10/2011 1:49:49 PM PST by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: AdamBomb
Perhaps she was not the target...... maybe she wasn't supposed to be driving the car......

Hmmm.

249 posted on 01/10/2011 1:52:29 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Grampa Dave
What caused it is very unclear but suspicious....supposedly according to Politico...she was leaving early to catch a flight.

There was to be an announcement on the merger of Progress Energy and Duke energy...today.

.I think Duke is Headquartered in North Carolina.

250 posted on 01/10/2011 1:52:40 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: sodpoodle

And how often does that happen?

If someone detects the engine is on fire after the tires get on fire, chances are they’d get out of the car.


251 posted on 01/10/2011 1:54:57 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah; Grampa Dave

And that makes sense...since I presume the Merger announcement would be a surprise....to most everyone!


252 posted on 01/10/2011 1:55:25 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: maggief

All those details make it even stranger.

Add this strangeness to all the strangeness of John Wheeler’s murder.


253 posted on 01/10/2011 1:57:35 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: penelopesire
White House still refusing to comment too.

I bet Sheriff Stupnik has something to say about it.

254 posted on 01/10/2011 2:00:14 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Our Constitution: the new Inconvenient Truth)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This may be irrelevant:

But this merger creates the biggest utility in the country:

Title

Progress Energy Merger & Acquisition Announcement
Date and Time Monday, January 10, 2011 10:00 a.m. ET  
Duration 1 Hour
Supporting Materials
Download Event Supporting Material  Progress Energy and Duke Energy to Merger presentation

255 posted on 01/10/2011 2:01:04 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
Another bizarre death. I wonder how this one will get explained?

A source familiar with the incident, speaking on the condition of anonymity because it is still under investigation, said the SUV was "about seven-eighths of the way" into the garage and was stopped "at a weird angle." He said the vehicle was heavily damaged by fire, but said he could not discuss the condition of the body.

Most of the smoke and fire damage was contained to the garage, according to Piringer, who said an adult male and several children in the house were unharmed. He said no 911 call came from the house and it is possible that the man and children were unaware of what had happened until firefighters arrived. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/paul-duggan/-the-wife-of-a.html

256 posted on 01/10/2011 2:01:18 PM PST by lonevoice (Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
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To: lonevoice

Read much further....


257 posted on 01/10/2011 2:09:55 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Oh Boy!"
Hmmmm. For the time being.
258 posted on 01/10/2011 2:11:25 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Beckwith

Hey guys. Yesterday I mentionesd the DNC hit team om a Wheeler thread. Are we any closer to being believers now?


259 posted on 01/10/2011 2:14:25 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com2009/05/brack_obama_the _quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Marine_Uncle; LucyT; Cindy
i need to thank Lucyt for the ping.

And cindy might be interested although she may have already been pinged.

wonder if this was really meant for her Husband.

260 posted on 01/10/2011 2:15:20 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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