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Trial opens for
dentist in killing
ATLANTA (AP) - It has
been nearly two years since
Jennifer Corbin’s 7-year-old
son found his mother shot to
death in her bedroom.
Initially ruled a suicide,
her death evenutally led to
investigators to her husband,
suburban Gwinnett County
dentist Barton Corbin. It
also prompted authorities
in Augusta’s Richmond
County to reopen the case
of the 1990 death of Barton
Corbin’s dental-school girl
friend, Dolly Hearn, and re
examine Corbin’s possible
role.
Both women were found
shot once in the head, a gun
lying nearby, and Hearn’s
death also was initially ruled
a suicide.
Corbin now faces murder
charges in both cases. His
attorneys have argued that
both women’s deaths were
suicides and not similar.
They will get their chance
to try to prove that before a
jury soon as opening state
ments will be made later
this month in Corbin’s first
trial - this one for his wife’s
death.
Prosecutors plan to pres
ent evidence of Hearn’s
death during the trial.
Jury selection started late
last week and is expected
to last two weeks as 650
Gwinnett County residents
have been summoned as
prospective jurors.
District Attorney Danny
Porter said he expects his
case to take about two weeks
to present to the jury _ “pret
ty long for a trial,” he said.
The bulk of the state’s evi
dence is paper, not physical,
and Porter said he could call
more than two dozen wit
nesses.
Gwinnett prosecutors are
not seeking the death pen
alty, as their case does not
meet the criteria, Porter said.
However, if Corbin is con
victed in Gwinnett County,
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he would be eligible for the
death penalty in Richmond
County.
Corbin’s lead attorney,
Bruce Harvey, didn’t return
repeated telephone messag
es last week.
National media are
expected to be present in
the courtroom for the trial.
Porter said he has spoken to
Court TY People magazine
and the television program
“Inside Edition.” The media
frenzy after Corbin’s arrest
prompted a judge to impose
a gag order - which was
later lifted - and Corbin’s
attorneys have asked for a
change of venue because of
all the attention.
While he acknowledged
the media might affect a
potential jury pool, Porter
doesn’t expect it to other
wise factor into his approach
during the trial.
“The only affect that the
media attention has on me
personally is that you want
to make sure you’re doubly
prepared so that you don’t
look like a fool in front of
the whole country,” Porter
said. “But in terms of trying
the case, in terms of strat
egy, there’s really no differ
ence.”
Corbin was first indicted
by a Richmond County grand
jury on charges of felony and
malice murder in Hearn’s
death less than three weeks
after Jennifer Corbin’s death
on Dec. 4, 2004.
Weeks later, a Gwinnett
County grand jury indicted
him on charges of felony
murder and a firearms vio
lation in the death of his
wife, a 33-year-old preschool
teacher and mother of their
two sons - ages 5 and 7 at
the time.
The Corbins’ oldest son
found his mother’s body, a
revolver next to her on the
couple’s bed. Five days ear
lier, Barton Corbin had filed
for divorce and was suing
for custody of their boys and
ownership of the $217,900
home in the affluent Atlanta
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suburb of Buford where she
died.
Man drowns over
weekend in Lanier
GAINESVILLE (AP) -
Divers have recovered the
body of a man who drowned
in Lake Lanier while swim
ming with his son.
The body of Brandford
Palmer, 49, was found by
Hall County Sheriffs divers
Sunday morning in 25 feet
of water.
Palmer was on a cabin
cruiser boat with his friends
and his 13-year-old son
Saturday evening when he
and the boy decided to go
swimming, Hall County
Sheriffs Maj. Jeff Strickland
said. Palmer became too
tired to swim back to the
boat and disappeared under
the water, Strickland said.
The son was wearing a life
jacket, but Palmer was not,
Strickland said.
Investigators believe the
drowning was an accident.
Program tracks
down elderly
CANTON (AP) - When
86-year-old Katie Prance
wandered away from a care
giver last year, her daugh
ter Pat Madden turned to a
Cherokee County program
that helps track down the
wayward elderly.
“You hear so many stories
about the elderly getting
lost, and either they’re never
found, or by the time some
one gets to the them, it’s too
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late,” said Madden, whose
mother was diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s disease. “This
helps ensure something like
that won’t happen to her.”
The county has outfitted
11 residents with the Project
Lifesaver wristbands, which
make it easier for police to
track down small children
or the elderly who have gone
missing.
Each $276 wristband con
tains a tracking device that’s
set to a personal frequency.
If the user has gone missing,
officers can search for the
person using a mobile track
ing system.
The sheriffs office has
three mobile units and is
ordering another three, said
Major Vic West. They hope
to eventually have a track
ing device in each of the
county’s seven police pre
cincts, and another they can
take onto a helicopter dur
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EARL
CENTERVILLE - Earl L. Smith, 81, passed away Friday.
Smith was born in LaGrange to the late Robert Lee and
Ellen Irene Glosson Smith. Survivors include his wife Jewel
Hearn Smith of Centerville, daughter: Anita (Bill) Smith
Stevens of Warner Robins, two grandchildren and two
nieces.
HAZEI. WATSON
PERRY - Hazel Watson, 84 died on Sep. 8, 2006 in a local
nursing home. Graveside Services were held Sunday, Sep.
10 at Woodlawn Cemetery. No flowers and donations are
requested to Perry Volunteer Outreach or Second Memorial
Baptist Church. Watson was the daughter of the late Joseph
L. and Cleo Swearingen Lewis. She was a member of the
Second Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include her
children, Sandra Hunt (Riley) and Derry James Watson,
both of Perry; two grandchildren, Holly Bradford and
George Hunt, both of Atlanta; and five great granchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Osborn Vinson
Watson.
Please sign the online register at watsonhunt.com
KATHLEEN C. HAWKINS
WARNER ROBINS - Kathleen C. Hawkins, 76, passed
away on Saturday. Graveside services will be held today
at 10 a.m. in Glen Haven Memory Gardens. Hawkins was
born on November 18, 1929 in Cadwell. Survivors include
her husband and son, a sister, five grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
STEWART B. SEYMORE. SR.
WARNER ROBINS - Stewart B. Seymore, Sr., 70, went
home to be with the Lord Friday. Services will be held at
11 a.m. today in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home
with interment following in Magnolia Park
Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the fam
ily suggests donations be made to the
American Cancer Society.
Seymore was born on December 18,
1935 in Comer. He was a veteran of the
United States Air Force and was owner
and operator of Warner Robins Welding Company. He was
a member of First Baptist Church of Haynesville and also
a member of the National Vintage Racing Association and
Tyrian Lodge No. 111. His wife, Lillian Harvey Seymore
and his parents, James E. and Gussie Lord Seymore, pre
ceded him in death. Survivors include his children, Butch
Seymore (Janice), Gina Dawson, and Kenneth Seymore
(Sarah), all of Warner Robins; grandchildren, Jessica,
Melissa, Jenny, Mike, Lindsey, Justin, Kelly, and Katie; and
great-grandchildren, Emily, Evan, Elizabeth, Erin, Baleigh,
and Carleigh; and several nieces and nephews.
Strong earthquake
shakes Gulf of Mexico
By PHIL DAVIS
Associated Press Writer
TAMPA, Fla. - The larg
est earthquake to strike
the eastern Gulf of Mexico
in the last 30 years sent
shock waves from Louisiana
to southwest Florida on
Sunday, but did little more
than rattle residents.
The magnitude 6.0 earth
quake, centered about 260
miles southwest of Tampa,
was too small to trigger a
tsunami or dangerous waves,
the U.S. Geological Survey
said.
The USGS received more
than 2,800 reports from peo
ple who felt the 10:56 a.m.
quake. Scientists said it was
the largest and most widely
felt of more than a dozen
earthquakes recorded in the
region in three decades.
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an analyst with the National
Earthquake Information
Center who said the quake
was unusually strong. “1
wouldn’t expect any sub
stantial damage, but it is
possible there will be some
minor damage.”
The most prevalent vibra
tion, which lasted about 20
seconds, was felt on the gulf
coast of Florida and in south
ern Georgia, Blakeman said.
But residents in Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana
also called in reports.
Florida counties along
the Gulf of Mexico called
the state emergency opera
tions center with reports of
tremors but no damage was
reported, spokesman Mike
Stone said. Gov. Jeb Bush
was informed of the situa
tion, Stone said.
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