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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Emily Grace fundraiser in Statesboro
STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) — The Bulloch County community is still shaken by the loss of a 9-year-old girl killed by her father in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday night. Brooklet community shaken after father and daughter found dead Saturday, that community rallied for the child's family. A local business donated profits from their end-of-school bash. Twenty percent of the purchases went to Emily's family. On Thursday, Texas Roadhouse plans to do a similar fundraiser. Taylor Bunch, the owner of Taylor's Sunset Tanning says she's close with the family and wanted to do something to help ease their pain. 'This community is tight knit. We all help each other out. There's a bunch of small businesses here, too, and we like to give to the schools and we do sponsorships all the time. And I feel like this community just gives back a lot.' At Saturday's fundraiser they also made bracelets ahead of Emily's candlelight vigil. That's happening Sunday in Brooklet. they tell WSAV that making bracelets was one of Emily's favorite things to do. They'll pass them out during the memoriam. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Horror as girl, nine, and her father found dead outside park in Georgia
A nine-year-old girl and her father were found dead inside a parked car at a Georgia park and investigators are looking into whether the father pulled the trigger. Emily Grace Mayo and her father, James Lee Mayo, 37, were found by police in a parked car at Brooklet City Park after reports of an 'unresponsive child locked in a vehicle,' according to the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation. Officers with the Brooklet Police Department responded to the scene at around 7am on Tuesday where they discovered 'a child dead in the backseat with an apparent gunshot wound'. Police then found James, with officials saying that 'a man was found dead in the front seat from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was found on his lap'. An investigation into the deaths is now underway and autopsies are being performed on the bodies, according to the release. Authorities would not say if the same gun or bullets were used to kill both the father and his daughter. Preliminary evidence points to a murder-suicide, according to reports. No motive has been released. 'I keep thinking this is not real. This is not real life. This does not happen to people we know, especially not my own family. Not my Emily,' the girl's aunt, Amber Healy, wrote on Facebook. The statement added: 'Emily was nine and so full of life. To know her was to love her. She always had a smile , a hug, a laugh. If she met you, she loved you. It was instant. That all encompassing love.' Healy has since organized a GoFundMe aimed at raising money for her burial and funeral services. She also asked that people 'keep us all in your prayers as we navigate through this nightmare we cannot wake up from,' saying that Emily's mom is devastated to have to bury her little girl. 'No parent should have to make these decisions,' Healy wrote. The GoFundMe has raised over $30,000 as of Saturday evening.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Horror as 9-year-old girl and her father found dead outside park in Georgia
A 9-year-old girl and her father were found dead inside a parked car at a Georgia park and investigators are looking into whether the father pulled the trigger. Emily Grace Mayo, 9, and her father, James Lee Mayo, 37, were discovered dead by police inside a parked car at Brooklet City Park after a concerned citizen called to report an 'unresponsive child locked in a vehicle,' according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Officers with the Brooklet Police Department responded to the scene around 7 am on Tuesday where they discovered 'a child dead in the backseat with an apparent gunshot wound.' Police then found James, with the release saying that 'a man was found dead in the front seat from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A handgun was found on his lap.' An investigation into the deaths is now underway and autopsies are being performed on the bodies of both father and daughter, according to the release. Authorities would not say if the same gun or bullets were used to kill both father and daughter. Preliminary evidence points to a murder-suicide, according to reports. No motive has been released. 'I keep thinking this is not real. This is not real life. This does not happen to people we know, especially not my own family. Not my Emily,' the 9-year-old girl's aunt, Amber Healy wrote on Facebook. 'Emily was 9 and so full of life. To know her was to love her. She always had a smile , a hug, a laugh,' the heartbreaking post continued. 'If she met you, she loved you. It was instant. That all encompassing love.' Healy has since organized a GoFundMe aimed at raising money for her burial and funeral services. She also asked that people 'keep us all in your prayers as we navigate through this nightmare we cannot wake up from,' saying that Emily's mom is devastated to have to bury her little girl. 'No parent should have to make these decisions,' Healy wrote. The GoFundMe has raised over $30,000 as of Saturday evening. The devastating father-daughter death comes just months after a California father fatally shot his adorable nine-year-old autistic son in front of the boy's grandfather's house in a horrifying act of violence. Nicholas Jones, 32, the boy's biological father, was arrested on December 1 for murder and child abuse in the grisly death of his own child, Princeton Nicholas Jones, who had been named after his killer dad. The boy was gunned down in the front yard of his grandparent's house, located at S. Haskins Avenue and Alondra Boulevard in Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles, around 7:30 pm on November 30, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. After the shooting, police were looking for a suspect. The boy's family pleaded with the public in helping to find the shooter. On Sunday, December 1, police identified Princeton's father as the shooter, though a motive is still unknown and is under investigation. The boy's distraught aunt Shamica Frasier told Fox LA the she has 'no idea' why this happened and was visibly shocked. 'I don't know. I have no idea. I don't know. He was a loving, warm kid. very respectful, just heartwarming kid,' Frasier said. Jones was later arrested and booked at the East Los Angeles Sheriff's Station. Family members were left heartbroken calling the tragedy 'a senseless act' and want answers. 'I don't know. I have no idea. I don't know. He was a loving, warm kid. very respectful, just heartwarming kid,' Frasier said.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Brooklet drugstore burglarized
BROOKLET, Ga. (WSAV) — The Brooklet Police Department (BPD) are asking for the public's help to find possible suspects tied to a burglary at the Brooklet Drugstore. The burglary happened early Friday morning. BPD says they are looking for three individuals wearing dark clothing. Their identities remain unknown at this time. BPD is asking nearby businesses and people who live in the downtown Brooklet area to review their surveillance footage from that time. Any suspicious activity may be critical to the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact BPD directly at 912-842-9911. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Locals push back against rezoning and development in rural Bulloch
STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) – With dozens of acres of land in Bulloch County at risk of being rezoned to build single family homes, the county's Planning and Zoning Commission made a major decision Tuesday. The Bulloch County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend to the county's Board of Commissioners that they vote no to rezone 60 acres of land on the Highway 119 Connector in Brooklet. The land is currently zoned as AG-5, meaning at most, a developer could put one house per every five acres. Under the new permitting that the owner is applying for, one house per every acre would be allowed. 'Just in my front yard, to my side, it'll be eight houses. Along my friends and community, they'll be another 51 houses back there. So, we're just trying to protect what we have,' Clint Proudfoot who lives next to the proposed development said. At the meeting, Proudfoot said he spoke for not just himself but all his neighbors as well. WSAV took a tour of the land in question with Proudfoot and his neighbor to learn more about the close-knit group. 'We would've all went in together, even if we didn't have the money. We would've bought this land so it wouldn't be developed,' he said. 'We're trying to stop it. That's why we all moved here, to get away from the Bloomingdale growth, and the Pooler and the Savannah so to speak.' However, those at the meeting said maintaining their rural community wasn't the only reason they opposed the rezoning. 'Anybody who travels that area knows there's an accident it seems like once a week there,' Proudfoot said. 'Adding a potential 174 vehicles coming out right there on that curve.' Families were also concerned with their children's education. 'The school system at Stilson is already at max capacity. So, if these houses are like starter family homes, which is what they're proposing, it means they'll be kids who have to go to Stilson elementary,' Proudfoot said. Although the Planning and Zoning committee voted not to recommend the rezoning be approved, the board of commissioners can still vote yes. They'll make that decision at a meeting on June 3 at 115 N Main St. in Statesboro. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
