In the quiet community of Yuma, Tennessee, a long-simmering property dispute between neighbors erupted into a fatal act of violence on July 6, 2018, claiming the life of 64-year-old Ben Cole Birdwell, a White male. A retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent, Birdwell was found deceased from a gunshot wound to the head on a railroad easement near his School House Road property. The tragic event sent ripples through the small town and prompted an investigation that would soon lead to the arre
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