The trouble between them began last week in Baltimore. Miss Turner said that Miss Girard "chuffed" her under the chin ... View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Her mother made a series of emotional public appeals for her safe return, but a month later Miss Turner’s body was found, hidden by bushes in a local park. She had been beaten and then shot six ...

Miss America 1990 Debbye Turner of Missouri throws her arms up in the air after winning the title in Atlantic City, N.J. Sept.16, 1989.(AP photo/Tom Patrick) Editor's note: On Sept. 16 ...

ST. LOUIS — When she was crowned Miss America, she lived out the dreams of millions of girls. But Debbye Turner also captured hearts all across the bi-state the night she won the title in 1989.