On the evening of January 31, 2019, Sarah Kay Akridge, 41, of Swainsboro, Georgia, was found fatally shot in her vehicle slightly off the roadway in the Dellwood community. Emanuel County deputies responded to reports of shots fired and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted in the ensuing inquiry. Investigators determined the incident was domestic in nature.

Authorities identified 46-year-old Tommy Lee Givens of Swainsboro as a suspect in the killing. A lookout was issued for his vehicle and he was stopped and taken into custody later that same evening during a traffic stop in Swainsboro. He was charged with multiple offenses related to Akridge’s death and held in the Emanuel County Jail without bond.

Akridge, born June 23, 1977, in Metter, had managed a local Dollar Tree for about ten years and was the mother of three daughters: Samantha Hadden, Abigail Page, and Natalie Akridge. Her funeral was held February 6, 2019, at the Chapel of Chapman Funeral Home, with burial at Stillmore City Cemetery.

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