Savannah coroner, from 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' book, exits under suspicion

  • Friday, January 11th, 2013
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Dr. James C. Metts Jr., the Chatham County coroner, poses in front of a portrait of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski in Savannah, Ga., in 2005. For 40 years Dr. James C. Metts Jr. served unchallenged as the Savannah area's county coroner, a job in which he once exhumed the body of a Revolutionary War hero and landed a bit part in the best-selling book 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.'He coasted to re-election last fall at age 81, then a month later abruptly resigned. Now the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says it's looking into allegations Metts misused taxpayer funds. (AP PHOTO)

Dr. James C. Metts Jr., the Chatham County coroner, poses in front of a portrait of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski in Savannah, Ga., in 2005. For 40 years Dr. James C. Metts Jr. served unchallenged as the Savannah area's county coroner, a job in which he once exhumed the body of a Revolutionary War hero and landed a bit part in the best-selling book 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.'He coasted to re-election last fall at age 81, then a month later abruptly resigned. Now the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says it's looking into allegations Metts misused taxpayer funds. (AP PHOTO)