42: The Deputy & The Body Builder: Tracy Fortson & Doug Benton

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In the year 2000, Tracy Fortson was the first female deputy at the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Department in Georgia. She filed a sexual harassment claim against the department and then her boyfriend went missing. His body was found, Tracy was charged, but to this day she says she was framed.

Sources: https://www.southernfriedtruecrime.com/42-the-deputy-the-body-builder

Suggested Reading: M. William Phelps: Targeted: A Deputy, Her Love Affairs, A Brutal Murder

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1:13.8	In the year 2000, Tracey Fortson was 36, a single mother and the first female share of
1:19.2	Stepede in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. That's no small feat in a largely rural county,
1:25.6	serving tiny towns, but Tracey was a classic tomboy.
1:30.0	She rode horses, liked to hunt and fish, drove big trucks and lifted weights.
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