James Steven Reeves, 69, and his wife Myra Wilson Reeves, 71, were found shot to death in their Terhune Road home in Rome, Georgia, on the afternoon of January 23, 2015. A neighbor discovered a broken screen door and called police. Investigators reported both victims had been shot; the entry from the carport had been shot through while the rest of the house appeared in order.
The Floyd County Police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation worked the case. On February 24, 2015, Emerson Mack Abbott Jr., 27, who lived nearby, was arrested and initially charged with two counts of murder. A grand jury later returned multiple indictments including malice murder, felony murder, burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, armed robbery, theft by deception, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. Testimony at the April 2018 trial included witness accounts that Abbott described non-public details of the killings and statements by a former cellmate; Abbott was convicted on all counts and an appeal was later affirmed.
Does anyone have additional information about the Reeves family or the days leading up to January 23, 2015?