Monday's Internet Edition, May 12, 2008.
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| Jennifer Jean Wittwer Turner |
On Sept. 12, 2007 the body of 54-year-old Jennifer Jean Wittwer Turner was found in an outbuilding. Her estranged husband, Dr. Kirk Alan Turner, 50, has stated he had come to the home at 627 Jack Booe Road, Mocksville that evening to pick up items he owned.
The Turners were separated and in the process of divorce proceedings.
There were allegations made by each of cheating in the marriage and Jennifer had filed an alienation of affection suit against an Advance woman, Tonja Woods Colvin, accusing her of having an affair with Dr. Turner.
A search warrant for the crime scene dated the day of the murder shows that officers searched the Jack Booe Road home, the detached garage where Jennifer's body was found, and a horse barn on the property. They seized a spear, divorce papers, pepper spray, a silver knife, cell phone, machete, a dozen guns, a note on a door, and more.
The next day, Sept. 13, another search warrant was issued for Dr. Turner. The warrant's affidavit shows that Dr. Turner stated at the hospital that he was talking to his ex-wife and she started stabbing him, telling him she was going to stab his "pretty part."
Dr. Turner said that he remembered fighting Jennifer off, telling her to get away from him, and didn't remember what else happened.
Another man, Gregory Smithson, had accompanied Dr. Turner to the home the night of the incident. Smithson stated that Dr. Turner went inside the outbuilding and could be heard talking to Jennifer. When Dr. Turner exited the outbuilding he told Smithson he "got cut and she attacked."
Photographs of Dr. Turner's wounds, finger prints, blood samples, and DNA swabs were taken at the hospital.
On Nov. 13 investigators returned to the scene with another search warrant. This time they took a blood splattered cardboard box, a bleach bottle with a bloody print ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.