 | Bob Gabordi is executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat and Tallahassee.com. He can be reached through this blog, at bgabordi@tallahassee.com or (850) 599-2177 |
This is a different kind of story for us. It takes place in Jasper, in rural Hamilton County, about halfway between Jacksonville and Tallahassee, somewhat outside our normal coverage area. Because of that, we wrestled with whether it was our story to tell when we were contacted by Lenny Joeris’ mother, Betsy James of Eastpoint.
Joeris was accused of shooting his wife, Lorrie, to death. She was a beloved fourth-grade teacher whose secret “other” life became public knowledge in her death and provided what law enforcement believes is the motive for murder.
In an interview at the Hamilton County Jail Lenny told our reporter, Jennifer Portman, the shooting was an accident. The details he told Portman of how it happened were different than what he told investigators. The story goes in multiple directions from there, and I’ll leave it to Portman to fill you in on the rest on Sunday.
But with no daily newspaper covering Hamilton regularly, we decided if we didn’t tell this story it might not get told, and that, simply, would be wrong. It is a story that just begs to be published and it will be Sunday exclusively in the Tallahassee Democrat and on Tallahassee.com.
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