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1-year-oldâs death sends shockwave through Augusta neighborhood Tyrone Christopher Scott and Salena Devine Tyler-Scott (Source: WRDW/WAGT) By Steve Byerly and Nick Proto | February 25, 2021 at 5:46 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 5:46 PM
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The death of a 1-year-old boy and arrest of his parents has shaken the Harrisburg neighborhood where they lived.
The parents are charged with murder and cruelty to children in the first degree and are being held in Richmond County jail, according to jail records.
Where the home of the couple in Harrisburg sits, their neighbors on Watkins Street have a lot of questions about exactly what happened.
Feb 18, 2021
On yesterday, The Richmond County Coroner’s Office staff responded to a call at the 100 block of Hale Street after 3pm to investigate two deaths.
They are now calling it a double homicide investigation.
Richmond County deputies arrived at the home and found Hilton Turner Sr., 75, and his wife Jeanette Turner, 73, both with gunshot wounds.
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen said that investigators are still trying to figure out what time it happened or when it happened,” .
Deputies say the investigation into the deaths of the couple is still in the early stages. They have not yet identified a suspect.
The Richmond County Coroner s Office is investigating the death of a 3-year-old as suspicious.
According to the coroner s office, the child was transported from her residence on Albermarle Drive to AU Medical Center where she died Wednesday.
The child s body was taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for an autopsy.