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Thomas Richard Doodle Donaldson, 65, was shot to death at a shared home in Canton, Georgia, on March 23, 2021. Law enforcement found Donaldson and his 30-year-old niece, Carla Marie Payne, in separate bedrooms; Payne was thirty weeks pregnant. An autopsy later showed both victims and Payne’s unborn child sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Police say the suspect was Kristopher Martin Johnson, 34, who had been dating Payne and fled the residence after the shooting. He made contact with his mother and then called 911 to report the crime; officers discovered the bodies when they arrived at the home.

The killings left two families grieving and raised questions about events inside the house that day. If anyone knew Thomas Donaldson, Carla Payne, or saw anything in Canton around March 23, 2021, please share what might help the investigation.