A welfare check in a Spotsylvania neighborhood led to the discovery of two fatal shootings. On January 25, 2025, a friend entered a home on Heatherwood Drive after not hearing from the occupants and found the body of a woman, then called 911. Deputies arrived and found 61-year-old Charles Childress and 59-year-old Kimberly Newcomb, both residents of the home; detectives determined they had suffered fatal injuries and ruled the deaths a double homicide.

An autopsy confirmed both victims died of multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities confirmed Childress and Newcomb lived together; some reports identified them as husband and wife. Investigators later focused on Kimberly Newcomb’s brother, Danny Allen Hale Sr., 61, of Opelika, Alabama, and on March 6, 2025 he was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and held without bond.

The investigation remains ongoing. Does anyone in the Spotsylvania area have information about the victims, the home on Heatherwood Drive, or events in late January 2025?