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Wife of White House Official Found Dead

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In burning car in southeast Washington, D.C.

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The politics-related horror stories continue: Ashley Turton, a Washington lobbyist and wife of White House legislative affairs liaison Dan Turton, was found dead inside a burning car at the couple's home in southeast Washington. Firefighters said they received an emergency call to a rowhouse and found the flaming vehicle with a body inside. Ashley Turton, the mother of three young children, was a lobbyist for Progressive Energy, a North Carolina company, and was a former aide to Rep. Rosa DeLauro.

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