MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Davina Buff Jones
When Officer Davina Buff Jones is found dead in the middle of her shift on Bald Head Island, those in power are quick to rule her death a suicide. But the more her family learns about the circumstances surrounding her death, the more certain they are that someone got away with murder.
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Episode Source Material
- Out With Three: The Murder and Betrayal of Baldhead Island Police Officer Davina Buff Jones (print edition), by Elaine Buff.
- Still a Mystery: North Carolina Unsolved (Season 4, Episode 5).
- Charlotte Magazine: Shadows by the Sea, by Adam Rhew.
- WECT News 6 (Wilmington, NC): Officer’s death ruled a homicide, by Nicole Konkal.
- WWAY3 (Wilmington, NC): Suicide death of Davina Buff Jones now ruled ‘undetermined’, by WWAY News.
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