State Rep. Bobby Franklin Found Dead
Foul play is not suspected, although the cause of death at his Northeast Cobb house remains a mystery.
Updated July 26 at 7 p.m. Georgia state Rep. Bobby Franklin, who courted controversy with legislation that would criminalize miscarriages and with comments criticizing tornado victims, was found dead in his Northeast Cobb home just before noon Tuesday. Jenny Hodges, a close friend who considered Franklin to be like a brother, said in an email to Northeast Cobb Patch that another friend went to check on the legislator Tuesday morning and called police to break in. The Cobb County Emergency Communications Center dispatched officers to Franklin’s house in the 4500 block of Cedar Knoll Drive for the welfare check, Cobb County police spokesman Officer Michael Bowman said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “Upon arrival the officers had to force …
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2:05 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012
If Ms. Hodges was such a close, personal friend, why wouldn't she take him to the hospital if she knew he was having "extreme chest pains?" That seems a little suspect... Can't say I'm too sad to see him, go, though... that bill outlawing miscarriages was the most disgusting case of ignorant chauvenism I've ever heard of. And criticizing tornado victims? What an arrogant, unfeeling bastard. He … more ›