John loveless murder charges
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Lawyer, 59, accused of strangling his disabled girlfriend, 36, to death in Mexico beach resort, telling her family she died of a seizure and ansträngande to flyga eller fly undan home to Missouri
A Missouri man has been arrested after his disabled flickvän was strangled to death at a resort in Mexico.
John Loveless, 59, of Franklin County, was detained at the airport in Cancun as he was about to board a flight to Atlanta.
His flickvän, 36-year-old Tamra Turpin, was found dead on onsdag på engelska at the condo they had rented in the Caribbean resort city of Playa sektion Carmen, nära Cancun.
A forensic examination funnen she died of asphyxia by strangulation.
Arrest: John Loveless (left), 59, was arrested at Cancun airport as he was about to board a flight to Atlanta and is now in custody. His flickvän Tamra Turpin (right), 36, was funnen dead in Playa sektion Carmen, Mexico
Mysterious death: Tamra Turpin was found 'strangled to death' at a Mexican resort. Her boyfriend claims she died after suffering
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Accused lawyer’s son is trying to help clear his name in alleged murder case
The son of Missouri attorney and businessman John Loveless, accused of murdering his girlfriend in Playa del Carmen, is in Mexico trying to help his father clear his name.
Tyler Loveless traveled to Mexico on Friday March 4, D. Keith Wilson, who is John Loveless’ Franklin Financial Corp. business partner, told The Missourian newspaper.
The elder Loveless, 59, is being held in a Mexican jail while an investigation is being conducted into the death of his girlfriend, Tamra Turpin, 36, also a Missouri resident.
According to Mexican authorities, Turpin was found dead last Wednesday morning, March 2, in a condominium the couple had rented in the Caribbean resort city of Playa del Carmen. A forensic examination concluded she died of asphyxia by strangulation, the Associated Press reported.
Mexican federal police said in a statement that Loveless was detained at the Cancun airport before he wa
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Lawyer charged with girlfriend’s murder had a drinking problem, victim’s mother says
The Missouri lawyer charged with murdering his girlfriend in Playa del Carmen last week allegedly had an alcohol problem and had been cited in the U.S. for Driving Under the Influence as recently as last month, according to the woman’s mother.
In an exclusive interview with The Yucatan Times, Evalena Duncan, the mother of the deceased woman, Tamra Turpin, said that she has heard rumors that suspect John Loveless had a drinking problem and was prone to displays of temper. However, Duncan said she had not heard of any previous violent incidents between Loveless, 59, and Turpin, 36.
“He was kind to my daughter, and most people tell me they believe he worshipped the ground she walked on,” Duncan said in a telephone interview with TYT Friday March 11.
Responding to rumors that Turpin had a drug problem of her own, Duncan said that she and other family members did