Report: Lobbyist intoxicated at death
A lobbyist who was found dead in her burned sport-utility vehicle, which was in the garage of her Capitol Hill home, was intoxicated at the time of her death, TBD.com reports.
Ashley Turton, a lobbyist for Progress Energy, died of inhalation of products of combustion and thermal burns with a contributing condition of acute alcohol intoxication, according to autopsy results.
Turton found dead Jan. 10, shortly before 5 a.m., in the SUV. The front end of the vehicle was charred and facing into the burning garage of her home.
By
Washington Post editors
| February 11, 2011; 5:12 PM ET
Save & Share:
Previous: Craigslist helps nab alleged moonshiners
Next: Woman dies in SW DC fire
So did Ashley commit suicide using her client's "energy" ?
Posted by: slipuvalad | February 11, 2011 5:59 PM | Report abuse
So it would seem that she wasn't leaving for work as originally reported. She was just getting home from an all night bender and crashed her car into the back of the garage while trying to pull in. Makes more sense than the absurd speculation that the car was defective and spontaneously combusted.
Posted by: Nghbrhdwatch | February 11, 2011 6:13 PM | Report abuse
According to initial reports, Turton was on her way to the airport to catch an early flight. With a diagnosis of 'acute alcohol intoxication', it hardly seeems she would have the wherewithall to gather her wits to arise so early and make her way to the airport. All that to say, if the autopsy report has been made available, the mg/dL of alcohol content would tell us a lot.
This report simply leaves more unanswered than it answers. I realize we are dealing with the wife of an Obama administration official, but an unexplained death in the District is still just that - an unexplained death.
.
Posted by: adjjones | February 11, 2011 6:19 PM | Report abuse
We encourage users to analyze, comment on and even challenge washingtonpost.com's articles, blogs, reviews and multimedia features.
User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions.