Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
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Dr. Kirk Alan Turner, 50, was charged with first-degree murder on Dec. 13, 2007 in the death Jennifer Jean Wittwer Turner, 54.
Gwen Elizabeth Kennedy, is the sister of Jennifer and executor of her estate. Kennedy filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Turner on Oct. 12, 2007, one month after her sister’s body was discovered in an outbuilding on the property she once shared with Dr. Turner. Jennifer’s throat had been cut.
In her suit Kennedy claimed her sister’s death was caused by the intentional acts of Turner and that he went to the home that night where her sister was present and “slit and/or cut her throat with a sharp object thereby causing her death, without provocation.”
Kennedy claimed she was entitled to recover damages on her sister’s behalf in excess of $10,000 dollars from Turner.
Turner filed a counterclaim to Kennedy’s suit on Dec. 27. Turner claims self-defense and that the incident “occurred as a result of an unprovoked attack.”
The suit claims that Turner was “put in peril of death and/or serious bodily harm which could only be prevented by immediate use of appropriate force.”
Turner claims on Sept. 12 he and another man, Greg Smithson, went to the Jack Booe Road residence with Jennifer’s consent to remove some of Turner’s property.
Turner’s counterclaim alleges Jennifer, “without any provocation or reason, made a surprise attack” on him “with a Viking like spear consisting of a blade 16 inches long and one and three-fourths inches wide and a shaft approximately 70 inches long.”
Turner’s claim also alleges Jennifer stabbed him two times in the thigh area and that she assaulted him.
Turner’s suit claims that actions ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.