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For first time in 10 years, FBI addresses Lake Oconee murders
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - For the first time in 10 years, the FBI is speaking publicly about the double murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond. The elderly couple was killed in 2014. Police found Russell Dermond beheaded inside the garage of their Lake Oconee home. Days later, investigators found Shirley Dermond floating in Lake Oconee with evidence that she’d been tied to cinderblocks and thrown into the water.
GBI investigates OIS involving an inmate at GA hospital
SANDERSVILLE – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting involving an inmate at a Georgia hospital. At the request of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Sandersville, Georgia. Jacob Henson, age 31, of Canton, GA, was shot and killed in the incident. One officer was injured in this incident.
Oconee second-grader now thriving after difficult early start in life
BOGART, Ga. - Locklyn McFarlin of Bogart is a healthy, happy 9-year-old. Her mother, Lindy McFarlin, says she loves music and loves to dance. "She loves anything that involves her sister, her baby sister," McFarlin says. Lindy and Kevin McFarlin say they learned Locklyn had down syndrome shortly after she...
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