Father, daughter dead after apparent murder-suicide in Cherokee County

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.

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