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Celerity

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Sun Oct 15, 2023, 05:41 AM Oct 2023

76 year old Claiborne Parish woman dies by suicide in front of sheriff's office (shot herself)

https://www.ktbs.com/news/claiborne-parish-woman-dies-by-suicide-in-front-of-sheriffs-office/article_24738c4c-694f-11ee-a235-ef787ff18c97.html

HOMER, La. – A Claiborne Parish woman took her own life in front of the sheriff’s office this week following her release from jail, sources tell KTBS.

The woman, identified as Blanche Burcham, who is in her 70s, reportedly was arrested for a financial crimes offense. She was released by Sheriff Sam Dowies on her own recognizance, meaning she did not have to post bond.

Burcham, of Haynesville, then went outside and shot herself near her car in the parking lot of the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office in Homer. A request to the sheriff’s office for information was not answered. Homer police were not notified even though it happened in the town.

“Notifying us would have been standard operating procedure since it happened inside the city limits so we could have investigated it,” Homer Police Chief Van McDaniel said.

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https://www.baileyfuneralhome.net/obituaries/Blanche-Betsy-Tinsley-Burcham?obId=29503629

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76 year old Claiborne Parish woman dies by suicide in front of sheriff's office (shot herself) (Original Post) Celerity Oct 2023 OP
Bookkeeper..still working at age 76..embezzlement? Too much access to guns Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #1
Per her FB page, an ardent Rump supporter. So sad how this can Croney Oct 2023 #2
death cult manifesting Celerity Oct 2023 #3
It looks like she lost a daughter a few years ago. Probably very depressed and thought, liberal_mama Oct 2023 #4

Croney

(4,689 posts)
2. Per her FB page, an ardent Rump supporter. So sad how this can
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 08:09 AM
Oct 2023

exacerbate a person's mental health struggles.

liberal_mama

(1,495 posts)
4. It looks like she lost a daughter a few years ago. Probably very depressed and thought,
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 04:59 PM
Oct 2023

"Goodbye Cruel World." It's sad that she chose to end her life in that way though.

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