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AU Student Murdered - Solved!
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On Tuesday March 4th the Auburn Police Department received a call reporting an injured female along Alabama Hwy. 147. When police units arrived on the scene they found 18-year-old Lauren Burk suffering from a single gunshot wound. She was transported to East Alabama Medical Center where she passed away. Some 30 minutes later the Auburn Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on the Auburn University campus. Fire crews were able to quickly put the fire out and then it was discovered that the vehicle belonged to Lauren Burk. At this time there are no suspects and the public is asked for all available assistance. The Auburn Police Department has asked for assistance from surrounding agencies and in response Sheriff Jones has assigned his entire Investigative Division to this case in hopes of bringing it to a fast conclusion. Anyone with any information can contact Lee County Crime Stoppers @ 1-888-5227-847 or the Auburn Police Department @ 334-501-7337.
On March 8, 2008 the task force released a statement that they had arrested 23 year old Cortney Lockhart for the murder of Lauren Burk. Lockhart is currently being held in the Russell County Jail on unrelated charges and is expected to be transferred to Lee County sometime this week. The arrest of Lockhart will hopefully bring some closer to the family of Lauren Burk. Sheriff Jay Jones and the entire Lee County Sheriff's Office offer our prayers to the Burk family. |
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R.A.D. Systems - Self-Defense for Women is now available to the public! Click Here for more details on the R.A.D. program. A flyer is also available here with information on upcoming classes.
Sheriff Jay Jones announced this week that the Lee County Sheriff's Office will be making the R.A.D. program readily available to anyone interested. There are two classes scheduled for April. The first will be April 7,9,14 & 16 and be held at Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum on the AU campus in room 2093 and the second will be April 22, 24, 29, & May 1 at the Opelika Rec Center on Denson Drive in Opelika. Both classes are from 6 - 9 pm and the cost is only $15.00 per person. You can register through Auburn University, the Lee County Sheriff's Office or the Opelika Rec Center. Please call Andrea Bartels @ 334-704-0061 for more details on these classes. |
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