The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested on Thursday a Toccoa man on charges of murder and aggravated assault.
A release from the GBI said the suspect Christopher Vaughn, 39, allegedly stabbed two people at a home on Bart Holcomb Rd.
The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office responded to a person stabbed call at around 7:40 a.m. Thursday. When deputies arrived, they found William James Vaughn, 63, of Toccoa dead in his home.
GBI officials said deputies cleared the house and found Christopher Vaughn locked inside a room and placed him in custody.
The second victim, Janet Lynn Vaughn, 62, of Toccoa, was found at a nearby home and airlifted to a hospital for treatment.
Deputies were called to the home at 6 a.m. the same day for a verbal domestic call before the person stabbed call the GBI said.
Christopher Vaugn was taken to the Stephens County Jail.
The Mountain Judicial Circuit will prosecute the case upon completion of the investigation.
