Authorities in northern Georgia are currently looking into a tragic incident that they believe involves a double murder-suicide. This heartbreaking event involved a 37-year-old man who shot and killed both his wife and girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.
The Dalton Police department received a call to visit an apartment just before 6 p.m. on Friday to check on the well-being of a woman who hadn’t been seen by her coworkers for several days. Upon receiving no response at the door, the apartment staff allowed entry, where they discovered the lifeless body of 35-year-old Rebeca Nicole Akins, who had been shot.
Detectives investigating the case found surveillance video showing a suspect leaving the apartment at about 6 a.m. on Wednesday.
Later that Friday, authorities located a vehicle registered to the suspected individual, Kevin Andrew Akins, 37, in the parking lot of another apartment complex. They then sought a search warrant for a unit within the complex occupied by 33-year-old Cindel Mae Rhoden. However, before the warrant could be executed, Rhoden’s father arrived with a key, expressing concern as he had not been able to contact his daughter for days.
He entered the apartment and found Rhoden and a man — later identified as Kevin Akins — shot to death.
Police quickly determined that Akins had shot Rhoden to death before killing himself.
Rhoden was the mother of two young girls and was pregnant with her third child at the time of her death, WANF reported.
Investigators have not speculated on a motive for the murders.
