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Tabitha Smith, inset on the left; Deputy RJ Leonard, inset on the right; main image is the river landing near where they perished in Tennessee

Main image: A former landing on Blythe Ferry Lane (Google Maps); Inset left: Tabitha Smith (Selfie); Inset right: Deputy RJ Leonard (Meigs County Sheriff’s Office).

A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy and a woman he had just arrested suffered a tragic fate together — drowning in the dark after taking a wrong turn into a river last week, Volunteer State officials said.

Robert John “R.J.” Leonard, Jr., 35, had only recently — months ago — moved to rural Tennessee from upstate New York with his family, according to 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson.

An air of uncertainty permeates the night of the incident.

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