US Cop Texted Wife About First Arrest, Minutes Before Falling Into River
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Robert Leonard's last message to his police station mentioned "water" before the two went missing.
A 35-year-old US police officer was found dead at the bottom of a river on Thursday, a day after he made his first ever arrest. The bodies of Robert John Leonard, a newly-appointed deputy sheriff in Tennessee, and the woman he arrested were recovered from the river along with the police car.
On Valentine's Day, the police officer responded to a 911 call about a man and a woman fighting on a bridge around 10 pm. The woman was then taken into custody by Leonard who was driving her back to the police station.
Soon after the arrest, the officer sent a celebratory text to his wife sharing the news of his first arrest but her response to him was never delivered. Leonard's last message to his police station mentioned "water" before the two went missing.
