Overview
- Deputies conducting a welfare check around 1 p.m. Nov. 2 found three deceased people inside a home on the 600 block of Bennock Mill Road.
- Richmond County Chief of Staff Lewis Blanchard said preliminary information points to a double-murder and suicide involving related victims.
- The coroner identified two of the deceased as Carmen Ray, 77, and Sheri Methvin, 55, both of Augusta, with a positive identification pending for the third person.
- The Coroner’s Office and the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division responded to the scene, and autopsies have been scheduled.
- Authorities report there is no danger to the public as the investigation continues and next-of-kin notifications proceed.