Lynn Turner (born Julia Lynn Womack; July 13, 1968 – August 30, 2010), was an American convicted murderer. She was convicted on March 24, 2007 for the second of two murders she committed by poisoning her victims with antifreeze. Her second trial lasted for twelve days. Before her arrest, she worked as a 911 operator. Turner died in prison on August 30, 2010. The cause of death is currently under investigation. In 1995, Turner, then 27, murdered her husband, Cobb County, Georgia police officer Maurice Glenn Turner, age 31. Turner went to the emergency room on March 2, 1995, complaining of flu-like symptoms. He was treated there and when he felt better, he went home. The next day, he was found dead when Lynn came home. On January 22, 2001, she killed her boyfriend, Forsyth County firefighter Randy Thompson, age 32. She had been having an affair with Thompson at the time of her husband's murder. Thompson reported to the emergency room complaining of a stomach ache and constant vomiting. He was treated and released on January 21. She made him some Jell-O. By the next day, he was dead. She collected around $153,000 in death benefits for her husband's death and $36,000 in her boyfriend's death.

Lynn Turner Timeline

Aug. 21, 1993: Cobb County police Officer Maurice Glenn Turner marries Julia Lynn Womack.

March 3, 1995: Glenn Turner, 31, is discovered dead in bed by his wife. A Cobb medical examiner rules he died from an irregular heartbeat.

Jan. 30, 1996: Lynn Turner gives birth to a daughter. She has lived with the father, firefighter Randy Thompson, since four days after her husband's death.

Jan. 22, 2001: Randy Thompson, 32, is found dead in his Cumming apartment. A GBI medical examiner later rules he died from an irregular heartbeat.

June 22, 2001: Cobb police begin investigating Glenn Turner's death as a possible homicide. Cumming police begin a probe into Thompson's death and call in the GBI for assistance.

July 30, 2001: The GBI announces it has changed Thompson's cause of death to antifreeze poisoning. It is later ruled a homicide. Cobb officials exhume Turner's body to test for poisons.

Oct. 17, 2001: The Cobb medical examiner announces a second autopsy shows Turner died of ethylene glycol poisoning.

June 27, 2002: Cobb medical examiner Dr. Brian Frist rules Glenn Turner's death a homicide.

Nov. 1, 2002: Lynn Turner is arrested and charged with the murder of Glenn Turner.

Feb. 2, 2004: Jury selection begins in Marietta in Lynn Turner's first trial.

Feb. 4, 2004: Unable to seat an impartial jury in Marietta, a judge orders Turner's trial moved. The case is moved to Houston County.

May 14, 2004: A Houston County jury returns a guilty verdict against Turner in the murder of Glenn Turner.

Jan. 8, 2007: Jury selection begins in Forsyth County in Turner's second murder trial.

Jan. 16, 2007: Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley orders the trial moved out of Forsyth County because of difficulty seating an impartial jury. The trial is ordered moved to Dalton, in northwest Georgia's Whitfield County, but the location is kept a secret until Feb. 14, when the AJC publishes its location.

March 24, 2007: A jury in Whitfield County finds Turner guilty of murdering Randy Thompson.

March 27, 2007: Jurors give Turner life in prison with no chance of parole.

Aug. 30, 2010: Turner is found unresponsive in her cell at Metro State Prison in Atlanta at 6:55 a.m. Prison medical staff are unable to revive her and she is pronounced dead 40 minutes later.


Funeral Service

Friday, September 03, 2010
1:00 PM
H. M. PATTERSON & SON
1157 Old Canton Road Ne
Marietta, GA 30068
(770) 977-9485


Visitation

Thursday, September 02, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
H. M. PATTERSON & SON
1157 Old Canton Road Ne
Marietta, GA 30068
(770) 977-9485
Arrangements under the direction of H.M. Patterson & Son-Canton Hill Chapel, Marietta, GA.