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The Richmond County Coroner s and Sheriff s Offices are investigating a suspicious death at Maxwell House Apartments in downtown Augusta.
Amanda Shetrone, 38, was pronounced dead at 12:47 a.m. Wednesday. The call came in around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
According to the sheriff s office, deputies located Shetrone in apartment 918 and were advised Alaric Smith also lived in the apartment. Investigators were able to determine that Shetrone had been dead for more than a day.
Smith was charged with concealing a death and further charges could be forthcoming as the investigation progresses.
According to an incident report, a friend of Smith told deputies she had been contacted by him and he told her that Shetrone had not moved from where she had been sleeping on the floor. The friend told deputies she arrived at the apartment and discovered Shetrone was unresponsive and cold to the touch.
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1-year-oldâs death sends shockwave through Augusta neighborhood Tyrone Christopher Scott and Salena Devine Tyler-Scott (Source: WRDW/WAGT) By Steve Byerly and Nick Proto | February 25, 2021 at 5:46 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 5:46 PM
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The death of a 1-year-old boy and arrest of his parents has shaken the Harrisburg neighborhood where they lived.
The parents are charged with murder and cruelty to children in the first degree and are being held in Richmond County jail, according to jail records.
Where the home of the couple in Harrisburg sits, their neighbors on Watkins Street have a lot of questions about exactly what happened.
Feb 18, 2021
On yesterday, The Richmond County Coroner’s Office staff responded to a call at the 100 block of Hale Street after 3pm to investigate two deaths.
They are now calling it a double homicide investigation.
Richmond County deputies arrived at the home and found Hilton Turner Sr., 75, and his wife Jeanette Turner, 73, both with gunshot wounds.
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen said that investigators are still trying to figure out what time it happened or when it happened,” .
Deputies say the investigation into the deaths of the couple is still in the early stages. They have not yet identified a suspect.