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Blanche Betsy Tinsley Burcham

Gender : Female

Age : 76

Race : White

Date : 10/10/2023

Location : Unknown

City : Homer

County : Claiborne

State : Louisiana

Agency : Claiborne Parish

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide outside of jail upon jail release

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Blanche Burcham was a woman in her 70s who had been put in jail and released, she walked outside of the jail, went to the parking lot to her car and shot and killed herself. She had been charged with financial crimes in her profession as bookkeeper.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ktbs.com/news/claiborne-parish-woman-dies-by-suicide-in-front-of-sheriffs-office/article_24738c4c-694f-11ee-a235-ef787ff18c97.html