Crime & Justice

Ex-NASCAR Driver Attacked Ex-Wife, Man With Hatchet Before He Was Killed: Cops

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John Wes Townley, 31, pleaded guilty in 2019 to physically abusing his ex-wife, Laura, who was also wounded by the Saturday night gunfire.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

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