GORDON, Ga. — GBI agents are investigating a double homicide in Wilkinson County.
According to a Twitter post from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, it happened on Elm Street in Gordon Monday.
The Gordon Police Department asked the GBI for help at around 4:30 p.m.
The GBI says the victims have been identified as Pamela Ann Williams, 70, and Ricky Howard Williams, 74. The two were husband and wife.
GBI Special Agent Mary Chandler says they want to talk to a relative who they believe is a person of interest in the case.
GBI investigators are trying to track down where that person is now. Chandler would not say who they believe is the person of interest but says they may soon release a picture, name, and description of the person if they can't find them soon.
There are no arrests at this point.
Gordon city councilman and Fire Chief Terry Eady is one of the victims' neighbors, and he says this is a shock for his small town where everyone knows everyone.
Eady said Pamela and Ricky were his friends and their children grew up together.
"They were real good friends of mine. Their son is the same age as my son, they were raised together, so I've known the family all my life. I worked with him (Ricky) at the chalk mine, we call it, at BASF," Eady said. "I've known all of them all my life and it's a shock when you find out something happened. I'm only a block around from where they live at, so certainly, it's upsetting to find out somebody would go in and take somebody's life like that and just up and leave them like that."
The GBI says if you have any information about this crime, you can call 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), or submit info online.
