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November death ruled a suicide
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Published: Wed, Jan. 07, 2009 12:30AM
Modified Wed, Jan. 07, 2009 02:02AM
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DURHAM -- A man found dead near the Eno River in November shot himself in the chest, according to the state medical examiner's office.
The body of Judge Thomas Johnson, 40, was found in a thicket near the Guess Road bridge on the morning of Nov. 3. He was last seen by his family the night before.
Johnson shot himself with a shotgun, according to a medical examiner report.
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The box for the shotgun, purchased the day before, and the weapon were found next to his body, the report said. No traces of drugs or alcohol were found in his blood.
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Staff writer T. Keung Hui; Staff writer David Bracken; Staff writer Stanley B. Chambers Jr.
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