Georgia Man Kills Pregnant Girlfriend and Estranged Wife Before Taking His Own Life — Families Launch GoFundMe Campaigns Amid Grief
A horrific murder-suicide in Dalton, Georgia has left two families devastated and a community reeling, after a man was found to have fatally shot his estranged wife and pregnant girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.
Now, the families of both women are turning to the public for support, launching GoFundMe pages to help cover funeral expenses and care for the children left behind.
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Triple Tragedy Unfolds in Dalton
On Friday, May 23, around 6 p.m., Dalton police were called to conduct a welfare check at the home of 35-year-old Rebeca Nicole Akins after co-workers reported she had been missing for several days.
Upon entering her residence on Murray Avenue, officers discovered Rebeca deceased from a gunshot wound to the head. Surveillance footage revealed a man — later identified as her husband, Kevin Andrew Akins, 37 — leaving the apartment on Wednesday, May 21, two days earlier.
