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The 1999 death of Bald Head Island police Officer Davina Buff Jones officially remains classified a suicide after a State Bureau of Investigation agent spent nearly a year exploring allegations about the case.
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I always thought that law enforcement had done a thorough job, and this reinforces for me that they did a good job, Gore said. Were moving on.
Jones, 33, was on duty the night of Oct. 22, 1999, when she died near the Bald Head Island lighthouse of a single gunshot wound in the back of the head, fired from her service handgun. Two previous law enforcement investigations also concluded the death was a suicide.
Jones family spent thousands of dollars on a private investigator and other professionals to disprove the suicide ruling, and pursued civil remedies. A 2003 N.C. Industrial Commission hearing resulted in a hearing officers finding that Jones death was a homicide, and her estate was awarded $25,000 in law enforcement officer death benefits. An appeal by the state Attorney Generals Office was rejected in 2005 by a three-member Industrial Commission panel, which doubled the award to $50,000.
In February, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded the Buffs $146,949 through its Public Safety Officers Benefits Office. The Justice Department did not say at the time specifically why the money was awarded, but Buff said the department agreed his daughter was killed in the line of duty.
Ive done everything I could do, and all the benefits never came near to covering the expenses, Buff said. It was all about clearing her good name.
Buff said law enforcement mishandled the case from its inception by allowing the contamination of crime scene evidence and then not following up with possible suspects. Buff said he knew in advance that the SBI would support the earlier conclusion of suicide.
Wheres the proof? Thats speculation, he said. She was murdered. Theres no doubt in my mind about it.
The initial investigation into Jones death conducted by the SBI and Brunswick County Sheriffs Office was performed correctly, Gore said. The SBI was tasked last July to track down anything pertinent to the case and investigate it.
Gore said several crime theories suggested by Buff and others involving evidence and certain individuals on Bald Head Island the night of Jones death were shown to be unfounded.
Jones was with the Bald Head Island Police Department about 10 months before her death. Witnesses who spoke with her the day of her death testified that she was in a good mood. Jones was twice divorced and had ended a relationship with another police officer shortly before her death. She had been treated for chronic depression from 1994 to 1998 and had been referred to a psychiatrist three days before her death.
The night she died, Jones responded to a call about a missing golf cart at the River Pilot Cafe. About midnight, Brunswick County 911 dispatchers overheard Jones on her police radio asking someone to put down a gun.
There aint no reason to have a gun here on Bald Head Island. OK? she was heard to say.
A letter dated May 15 detailing the findings of the latest inquiry was sent to Gore from SBI Special Agent David M. Allen.
It would seem that the totality of circumstances, ranging from her mental state to the facts at the scene, are more consistent to a staged event by Jones resulting in her death, Allen wrote. The concerns of the Buff family have been addressed as thoroughly as possible and our deepest sympathies continue to go to them on the loss of their daughter. The facts regarding (the) Jones death investigation will always leave room for speculation by some, but the totality of information available does not support our requesting you change your ruling on the case.
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