10 years later: Family continues to heal after Upatoi triple murders

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Sunday marked 10 years since the Upatoi triple murders that shocked the community and left a family grieving.

“The first couple of days were very, very hard,” said Shameika Averett.

Averett lost her mother, Gloria Short, her 10-year-old daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Lindsey, and her brother, Caleb Short, when they were beaten to death with a dumbbell on Jan. 4, 2016, in Gloria’s Upatoi home. Lindsey also had stab wounds…

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