Augusta GA Divorce Attorney - Georgia man kills self at Alabama rest stop with body of wife in trunk

Augusta GA Divorce Attorney - Georgia man kills self at Alabama rest stop with body of wife in trunk

The Associated Press

EVERGREEN -- A Georgia man killed himself at an interstate rest stop in Alabama after killing his estranged wife and putting her body in the trunk of her car, authorities said.

Conecuh County sheriff's deputies found the bodies of Scottie and Jessica Murphy of Augusta, Ga., on Tuesday at a rest stop on Interstate 65, about 78 miles southwest of Montgomery.

Jessica Murphy, 30, had been missing since Saturday when she failed to show up for work at The Augusta Chronicle, where she worked in the newspaper's advertising department.

Conecuh County Chief Deputy Tyrone Boykin said employees at the rest stop near Evergreen called police after a man parked there, put a gun to his chin and pulled the trigger.

Investigators identified the man as Scottie Murphy. They found Jessica Murphy's body in the trunk of the car he was driving -- his wife's Kia Rio.

Sgt. Clarence Chew of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Augusta said Jessica Murphy had filed for divorce from her husband and had been living with her mother.

Chew said investigators were awaiting autopsy results to determine how Jessica Murphy died and when she was killed.






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