Crime & Safety

GBI Investigating Earlier Death After Winder Woman Found Dead

After James Lynn, Jr. was charged with murdering his third wife, Tonya Faye Lynn last week, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the apparent suicide of his first spouse.

According to an article in the Gwinnett Daily Post, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the apparent suicide of Julie Johnson Lynn, the former wife of who was charged with murder last week. 

James Lynn, Jr. was charged with murdering Tonya Faye Lynn, his third wife, after he led authorities to her body that was dumped in a well in rural Barrow County. She had been reported missing by a family member just days earlier. 

ABC News reported that the man led investigators to the body after he was shown surveillance video of himself parking his former wife's car at a local library and getting into the car of a female friend. 

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