Thursday March 28th, 2024 3:51PM

Canton couple dead from apparent murder-suicide

By The Associated Press
CANTON - Police say they believe a Cherokee County couple died in a murder-suicide. <br /> <br /> Lt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office says in an emailed statement that police found 51-year-old Cary Landers and 41-year-old Katherine Landers dead at a home in Canton, Ga. on Friday afternoon. Baker says evidence at the scene indicates that Landers shot his wife in the face before killing himself. Landers was found with a gunshot wound in his mouth. <br /> <br /> Baker says Katherine Landers was charged in March with battery against her husband. A condition of her bond was not to have contact with him. <br /> <br /> Autopsies of both bodies are scheduled at the GBI Crime Lab.
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