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'Iâm here to fight': Newton County coroner rescinds resignation in exclusive FOX 5 I-Team interview By Dale Russell and FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team Published Newton County coroner rescinds resignation Newton County Coroner Doretha Bailey-Butts said she changed her mind about her resignation during FOX 5's tour of the county morgue. COVINGTON, Ga. - It was a stunning reversal for Newton County Coroner Doretha Bailey-Butts. During an exclusive FOX 5 I-Team interview on Wednesday, Bailey-Butts said she had changed her mind about leaving her post just a day earlier announcing she would resign. "At the end of the day, I’m here to fight and I will be retracted, and resubmitted my…that I’m staying on this job," Bailey-Butts said. "Mr. Russell, after speaking with you, I will be here."
I-Team Exclusive: Newton County manager wants newly-elected coroner removed from office Calls for controversial Newton County coroner to be removed. COVINGTON, Ga. - Jan. 22 in Newton County on Highway 212, a car left the roadway, drove through a ditch for 507 feet, then traveled back onto the highway and hit another car head-on. That's according to a Newton County Sheriff’s report. The newly elected Newton County coroner arrived at the scene of a deadly car wreck. According to sheriff’s department reports, Coroner Doretha Bailey-Butts took "a couple of photos" of the deceased, left "a body bag on the trunk of the deceased car" and then told police she "was leaving" without transporting the body.