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Marilyn Freeman Laughlin, 60, was found shot to death at her home in Blairsville, Georgia, on March 16, 2015. A second victim at the scene, 52-year-old Anthony Poat, had also been fatally shot. Investigators quickly focused on Laughlin’s son, 35-year-old Cody Lee Vestal, after he was located at a medical center in Dayton, Tennessee, driving a vehicle registered to his mother’s Blairsville address; officers found a firearm inside the car.

Vestal was transferred to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga and was taken into custody as the primary suspect. Authorities say the killings arose from a dispute between Vestal and Poat. Vestal confessed to the two murders and pleaded guilty to two counts of murder. He received life sentences for the slayings.

Does anyone have information about Marilyn, Anthony, or the circumstances in Blairsville that could shed more light on what happened?