Oconee murders

Oconee Murders: New DNA Found in Unsolved Dermond Couple Murder, Husband Found Beheaded

 Russell and Shirley Dermond
Cold Cases

Investigators may be nearing a breakthrough in solving the brutal murder of Russell and Shirley Dermond, a Georgia couple found dead near Lake Oconee. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Russell, 88, was discovered beheaded in his central Georgia retirement home in May 2014. Shirley was found 5 miles away murdered and floating in a lake. On …

Few clues and many questions in Georgia’s Lake Oconee beheading cold case
Violent Crime
August 10, 2017

Few clues and many questions in Georgia’s Lake Oconee beheading cold case

Investigators have no suspects more than three years after Russell Dermond, 88, was discovered beheaded in his central Georgia retirement home and his 87-year-old wife Shirley was found 5 miles away murdered and floating in a lake. Putnam County, Georgia, Sheriff Howard Sills suspects the Sills were murdered by “a vicious enemy,” but the killer …