COMMENT: Future posts will analyze the latest “not politically motivated”, “lone nut” political assassin in Arizona. [Initial press accounts discussed more than one suspect.] What has received little notice is the death in a strange-sounding car fire of Ashley Turton, the wife of Obama’s liaison to the now-GOP controlled House of Representatives, Dan Turton.
Was the death of Ms. Turton a message to her husband?
Is THIS the GOP’s concept of bi-partisanship?
NB: Some salient, relevant comments below.
The late Ms. Turton’s car appears hardly damaged [right].
EXCERPT: The car fire that led to the sudden death of Ashley Turton was caused by the impact after a low-speed crash, according to the major crash investigation unit of the Metropolitan Police Department.
“It’s quite possible that the victim was maneuvering the car and came in contact with some kind of flammable chemical materials,” D.C. Fire spokesman Pete Piringer said.
Turton, 37, was the former chief of staff to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D‑Conn.) and wife of White House liaison to the House of Representatives Dan Turton. . . .
. . . Police said there was a heavy fire in the garage at 4:45 a.m. that caused significant damage to the 2008 BMW X5, which was partially backed out into the driveway and looked singed. Fire damage could also be seen on a corner of the brick home Monday.
When the fire was extinguished, firefighters discovered Turton’s body inside the car. . . .
Hello Dave. I’ve been scanning a whole bunch of the news reports on Jerry Loughner lately, but something caught my eye which hasn’t been openly discussed yet by most; Have you ever seen this guy’s supposed American Renaissance{the vicious racist, anti-immigrant, and pro-eugenics shill outfit} connections?
Alleged AZ Shooter May Have Links To Pro-White Racist Organization
American Renaissance: Was Jared Lee Loughner tied to anti-immigrant group?
Arizona Shooting Gunman Jared Loughner Connected to American Renaissance, Suspected Anti-Semitic Group
Interesting how groups like these are almost never discussed when something like this happens...........
Hi Dave, I’m glad to see somebody else interested in this very suspicious death. Police were said to be investigating the matter, in one account I read, but reminded the public that Turton lived “near a bad neighborhood”– as if driving a flaming car that crashes into one’s own garage in the early morning hours was the work of nearby hooligans or pranksters.
Oh yeah, and she was a top lobbyist for Progress Energy, which literally JUST completed a mega-merger with Duke Energy, making it the single largest utility in America. Coincidence? Maybe so.
Anyway, I’m a long-time listener and I really like your show.
Turton was linked to RUDY GIULIANI’S law firm — see below.
Duke, Progress Energy to Create Largest U.S. Utility
Quote: “Merger mania in the utility industry continues with the granddaddy of them all — at least so far. Duke Energy DUK and Progress Energy PGN have announced their intent to merge in a deal that would create the largest utility in the United States and among the largest in the world with a $37 billion market capitalization, $65 billion enterprise value, and $20 billion in revenue.”
When she died, Turton was the lead Congressional lobbyist for Progress Energy.
According to the WSJ article on Turton’s death (currently hidden behind a paywall, see link below), Progress Energy was represented by BRACEWELL & GIULIANI (yes, that Giuliani). Turton personally knew people at the law firm.
According to the WSJ article, Turton personally played a role in the merger, overseen by Bracewell & Giuliani.
White House Aide’s Wife Found Dead In Burning Car In Washington
BRACEWELL & GIULIANI is a law firm based in HOUSTON, TEXAS. Rudy Giuliani joined in 2005, at which time the law firm was RENAMED to include Rudy’s surname. Rudy helped establish the law firm in NYC, according to Wikipedia.
Bracewell & Giuliani (Wikipedia article)
Many NOTEWORTHY FIGURES have worked at the law firm, and it has an interesting CLIENT BASE.
Interesting photo of the scene of death.
The vehicle is not destroyed, and indeed appears barely damaged.
Per Daniel Hopsicker’s theory about the truth coming out in the first 24–48 hrs after the event:
Gabrielle Giffords case: Second man sought in mass Arizona shooting
Unfortunately the “three name” paradigm has probably already sealed this as a “lone nut” case and any further information about a second shooter will be secreted and forgotten.
A note on Sandra’s comment:
Jared Lee Loughner’s “three name paradigm” (the standard presentation of three names that has become oddly-customary to represent killers [both “serial” and “mass-”] in the annals of infamy) was introduced (or perhaps presented) to the public by JLL “himself” in his own YouTube video. An uncommon way to represent onesself?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uRjwPWaxiY&
@Roger H.: I’ve only been listening to Dave since around Sept. of ’09, but in that short time period, I’ve learned quite a lot from listening to him.......I only wish I could’ve come across this when I first started researching back in 2007.
@Sandra: I agree, this is quite unfortunate. =(
@R. Wilson: Does make you ask questions, doesn’t it?