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The search continues for MCSO Deputy Robert R.J. Leonard, who went missing after responding to a call about a disturbance on a bridge. Multiple agencies and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search efforts near the Blythe Ferry landing.

The search continues for MCSO Deputy Robert R.J. Leonard, who went missing after responding to a call about a disturbance on a bridge. Multiple agencies and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search efforts near the Blythe Ferry landing.

The bodies of Deputy Robert John "R.J." Leonard, Jr., and Tabitha Smith were found one day after the officer’s car entered the Tennessee River

The bodies of a deputy and a woman he had recently arrested were found in the Tennessee River late last week, according to the local district attorney.

The search continues for MCSO Deputy Robert R.J. Leonard, who went missing after responding to a call about a disturbance on a bridge. Multiple agencies and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search efforts near the Blythe Ferry landing.

District Attorney Russell Johnson said law enforcement officials are working to confirm if a vehicle found in the river was a Meigs County deputy's cruiser.

The search continues for MCSO Deputy Robert R.J. Leonard, who went missing after responding to a call about a disturbance on a bridge. Multiple agencies and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search efforts near the Blythe Ferry landing.

The search continues for MCSO Deputy Robert R.J. Leonard, who went missing after responding to a call about a disturbance on a bridge. Multiple agencies and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search efforts near the Blythe Ferry landing.

District Attorney Russell Johnson said law enforcement officials are working to confirm if a vehicle found in the river was a Meigs County deputy's cruiser.

The search continues for MCSO Deputy Robert R.J. Leonard, who went missing after responding to a call about a disturbance on a bridge. Multiple agencies and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are involved in the search efforts near the Blythe Ferry landing.