WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — UPDATE, 6:55 p.m.:
According a release from the GBI, at around 1 p.m., Johnson County deputies got the call about two people dead on 1383 Paul Lord Road in Wrightsville. When they made it to the scene, they found 18-year-old Destiny Hope Kight and 18-year-old Charles Jaylon Garrett shot and killed.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI are continuing to investigate this case. If you have any information, you can call the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 864-4003 or the GBI Eastman Office at (478) 374-6988. Tips can also be submitted by calling 1(800) 597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
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The GBI is investigating a possible double homicide in Johnson County.
According to Special Agent Lindsay Wilkes at the GBI’s Eastman office, a young man and woman were found dead Friday afternoon outside a home on Paul Lord Road in Wrightsville.
Wilkes says the two appeared to be between 18-20 years old. No further information is available right now, but the story will be updated when we know more.
Anyone with information can call the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office at 478-864-4003.