Lamar Maudie Brinson Price, Jr., 59, was found dead in his Gray, Georgia home on November 20, 2021, the victim of a single gunshot wound to the head. Price, a Jones County High School graduate who worked with his father and later for CNC Electrical, was discovered after a welfare check requested when the mother of 73-year-old Sharon Strawder Wood reported that her daughter had said she’d shot her boyfriend.

Deputies located Price deceased inside Wood’s residence and took Wood into custody after her initial statements. Investigators ruled out suicide and accidental shooting; Wood admitted to pulling the trigger and was charged with one count of murder. Authorities reported a two-decade relationship between Price and Wood and no prior domestic violence reports.

Mental health evaluations became central to the case. Wood received intensive treatment and was at one point deemed competent for trial, but her condition later deteriorated and was judged non-restorable. On January 25, 2024, a judge found Wood incompetent to stand trial and placed her in the custody of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for a term not to exceed life, with annual court reviews.

If anyone knew Lamar Price, his routines, or the relationship between him and Sharon Wood, please share information that might help clarify what happened.