Kentucky lawmaker accused of molesting teenage girl shot himself in the head, coroner says

[Eugene]

LBN thread: Report: Rep. Dan Johnson commits suicide

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Source: Washington Post

Kentucky lawmaker accused of molesting teenage girl shot himself in the head, coroner says

By Marwa Eltagouri December 14 at 9:32 AM

Kentucky lawmaker Dan Johnson fatally shot himself Wednesday, two days after allegations surfaced that he had molested a member of his church when she was 17 years old, officials said.

Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said Johnson — a Republican state representative and self-proclaimed “Pope” of his Louisville church — died of “a penetrating gunshot wound to the head.”

The lawmaker’s body was found Wednesday night near a bridge on Greenwell Ford Road in Mount Washington, Ky., in a spot called the River Bottoms. Johnson had suffered a single gunshot wound to his head, and a gun was recovered at the scene, Bullitt County Sheriff’s Lt. Scotty McGaha said.

Officials found Johnson’s body after responding to a report about a concerning Facebook statement and tracked the lawmaker’s phone to his location, Billings said.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/12/13/kentucky-lawmaker-who-was-accused-of-molesting-a-teenage-girl-likely-killed-himself-coroner-says/

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. Should Have Put The Gun In His Butt Where His Brains Were.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The world changed so suddenly, some cannot cope with it? nt

[snooper2]

3. Well, it could have been worse- he could have gone full Robert Budd Dwyer

of course you are never supposed to go full Robert Budd Dwyer

[unblock]

4. wow, that's a blast from the past

ok, maybe not the best choice of words....

[FarCenter]

5. He did the right thing for his family

Since Dwyer died in office, his widow Joanne was able to collect full survivor benefits totaling over $1.28 million, which at the time was the largest death benefit payment ever made by the state system. If Dwyer had been sentenced, state law would have prohibited the payment of his state-provided pension benefits.[36] A spokesman for Dwyer suggested that he may have committed suicide to preserve the pension benefits for his family, whose finances had been ruined by legal defense costs.[37] Other statements made by friends and family also suggest that this was Dwyer's motivation.