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Dealing with death
Jake Futch has served as Bulloch coroner for 20 years
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The shooting death of an 18-year-old, who was not a Georgia Southern University student, in the university’s Freedom’s Landing housing complex last Thursday afternoon was accidental, Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch said Monday after receiving autopsy results from a GBI Crime Lab.
It takes a certain type of person to fill the role of county coroner. One must be tough enough to handle the most grisly details of death, yet compassionate enough to help survivors cope with the unexpected and often tragic loss of loved ones.
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