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Incident Report

A 911 caller reported a man found unresponsive in the Whitehall Community Center.

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Julie Arbuckle interview

Julie found Ambrose Garrett unresponsive at the community center and called 911.

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Delilah Garrett interview

The detectives went to the hospital to notify Nurse Garrett of her husband's death.

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Ambrose Garrett bio

Ambrose grew up in Batesville and ran an Oxford insurance business for over 20 years.

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Canvass – Community Center area

YCSD investigators canvassed the area around Whitehall Community Center for witnesses.

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Community leader found dead

The Crime Beat reports … HOA president luminary dies mysteriously after meeting

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Chester Hawkins bio

Chester spent most of his life in Tennessee before moving in with his daughter in Oxford.

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Chester Hawkins interview

Chester was apprehended at the scene after causing a disturbance outside the Whitehall Community Center.

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Evidence inventory

CSU submitted a preliminary inventory of evidence collected at the Garrett death scene.

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Places of interest map

Investigations mapped Yoknapatawpha County locations relevant to the Ambrose Garrett investigation.

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Julie Arbuckle bio

Julie was president of the Whitehall HOA for six years before Ambrose Garrett took over.

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Julie Arbuckle interview #2

The detectives asked Julie to tell them more about Ambrose and the night he died.

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Delilah Garrett bio

Delilah and Ambrose Garrett had been married for 21 years when he died.

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Delilah Garrett interview #2

The detectives talked to Delilah again after the initial shock of her husband's death had diminished.

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Rick Crawford bio

Rick works two jobs to help pay for his elderly aunt's care.

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Rick Crawford interview

The detectives talked to Ambrose Garrett's assistant about Ambrose's business.

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Mary Wallace bio

Widowed at an early age, Mary devoted herself to volunteer work, including with the Whitehall HOA.

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Mary Wallace interview

The detectives talked to Mary about the HOA and the meeting the night Ambrose died.

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Whitehall HOA meeting minutes

As promised, Mary provided her raw notes from the March 5th Whitehall HOA meeting.

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911 transcript

Investigators obtained a transcript of a 911 call placed the night Ambrose Garrett died.

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David McMahan bio

David moved to Oxford when his wife got a job at Ole Miss.

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David McMahan interview

David, the Whitehall HOA treasurer, attended the HOA meeting the night Ambrose died.

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Shannon Bower bio

Shannon has lived in the Whitehall neighborhood for more than ten years.

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Shannon Bower interview

Shannon argued with Ambrose at the Whitehall HOA meeting the night he died.

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Warren Edwards bio

Warren is known as a meticulous man, committed to order and propriety.

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