Gwendolyn Ann Gwen Turnbough

Death by Force

Gwendolyn Ann "Gwen" Turnbough, a 40-year-old African American woman, was tragically murdered on June 5, 1985, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Gwen's death was the culmination of a prolonged period of domestic abuse and terror inflicted by her second husband, Joel Grimmette, a Vietnam War veteran. The couple's relationship had been marred by Joel's controlling and physically abusive behavior, which escalated even after Gwen filed for divorce and sought refuge in a women's shelter.

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