The Brief
- Deputies responded to a wooded area off Lower Burris Road around 4 p.m. Tuesday
- Curtis Evans, 57, and Emily Evans, 28, were found dead from gunshot wounds
- Investigators believe the father killed his daughter before taking his own life
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. – Cherokee County deputies are investigating an apparent murder-suicide after a father and daughter were found dead Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area off Lower Burris Road.
What we know:
According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called around 4 p.m. after a man reported receiving a text message from his brother-in-law containing a remote location in the woods. When the caller went to that area, authorities say he discovered the bodies.…