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'It was an act': Detective remembers meeting with Fritz and Susie before suicide car explosion
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40 YEARS LATER: THE ‘BITTER BLOOD’ CASE
'It was an act': Detective remembers meeting with Fritz and Susie before suicide car explosion
- Susan Spear
- Nov 18, 2025
- Nov 18, 2025
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- Allison Lee Isley
Allen Gentry, the lead detective on the Fritz Klenner-Susie Newsom Lynch murder/suicide case 40 years ago, describes his interview with Fritz Klenner.
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Editor's note: This is the second story in a six-part series remembering the 'Bitter Blood' case 40 years later.
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LEFT: Allen Gentry holds a block of Lucite containing the handcuff key that belonged to Fritz Klenner and was damaged in the 1985 explosion. Photographed on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder/suicides case 40 years ago. Allison Lee Isley photos, Journal
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
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Read all 6 parts of our new series about the Bitter Blood case, 40 years later. Here are the links.
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Allen Gentry, the lead detective on the Fritz Klenner-Susie Newsom Lynch murder/suicide case 40 years ago, describes the scene of the 1985 Newsom family murders in Winston-Salem.
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ABOVE: Allen Gentry sits for a portrait in his garage on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder/suicides case 40 years ago.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
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Allen Gentry, the lead detective on the Fritz Klenner-Susie Newsom Lynch murder/suicide case 40 years ago, describes his interview with Susie Newsom Lynch.
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A notebook that Forsyth County Det. Allen Gentry kept while working on the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
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A crime scene photograph of Fritz Klenner’s Chevrolet Blazer after the explosion on June 3, 1985, is kept in Allen Gentry’s case file from the 1985 Klenner and Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Allison Lee Isley photos,Journal
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Klenner/Newsom Lynch murder/suicides 40 years later: Allen Gentry's Bitter Blood case file
A hardcover copy of Jerry Bledsoe’s book, “Bitter Blood,” sits on a bookshelf in Allen Gentry’s home on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder and suicide case 40 years ago.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Allen Gentry sits for a portrait in his garage on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder and suicide case 40 years ago.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Allen Gentry holds a block of Lucite containing the handcuff key that belonged to Fritz Klenner and was damaged in the 1985 explosion. Photographed on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder and suicide case 40 years ago.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
A crime scene photograph of Fritz Klenner’s Chevy Blazer after the explosion on June 3, 1985, is kept in Allen Gentry’s case file from the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
The uniform Allen Gentry wore when he was hired by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office in 1973. Photographed on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder/suicides case 40 years ago.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
A notebook that Forsyth County Det. Allen Gentry kept while working on the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
A crime scene photograph of Fritz Klenner’s Chevy Blazer after the explosion on June 3, 1985, is kept in Allen Gentry’s case file from the 1985 Klenner/Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Allen Gentry shows the autopsy report for Susie Newsom Lynch on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder and suicide case 40 years ago.
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CDs that Allen Gentry keeps in his case file from the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at his home in Advance, N.C.
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A shadow box containing a badge and service pins, presented to Allen Gentry when he retired, hangs on a wall in his home on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C.
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Allen Gentry has a box containing his case notes from the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder and suicide case. The photo was taken on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C.
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A tape labeled Newsom Murder Scene is kept in a box with Allen Gentry’s case files from the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at his home in Advance, N.C.
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A uniform worn by Allen Gentry during his time working for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. Photographed on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C.
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Allen Gentry has tapes from the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch investigation at his home in Advance, N.C.
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A shadow box containing badges that represent each rank of promotion during Allen Gentry’s career, including an award for valor, hangs on a wall in his home on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C.
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Allen Gentry has a block of Lucite containing the handcuff key that belonged to Fritz Klenner and was damaged in the 1985 explosion. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Advance, N.C.
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ABOVE: Allen Gentry sits for a portrait in his garage on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder/suicides case 40 years ago.
- Allison Lee Isley,Journal
LEFT: Allen Gentry holds a block of Lucite containing the handcuff key that belonged to Fritz Klenner and was damaged in the 1985 explosion. Photographed on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C. Gentry, who is now retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, was the lead detective on the Klenner-Newsom Lynch murder/suicides case 40 years ago. Allison Lee Isley photos, Journal
- Allison Lee Isley,Journal
A crime scene photograph of Fritz Klenner’s Chevrolet Blazer after the explosion on June 3, 1985, is kept in Allen Gentry’s case file from the 1985 Klenner and Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
- Allison Lee Isley photos,Journal
A notebook that Forsyth County Det. Allen Gentry kept while working on the 1985 Klenner-Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
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