Betty Tee Holton Fort, 52, was one of four people killed in a violent spree that began in Sardis, Georgia, on Sunday, August 9, 2026. Deputies first found two bodies at a Twin Lakes Drive residence and later discovered two more female victims during a welfare check at a home on Tom Bargeron Road; Fort was one of the women found at the second location. The other victims were identified as Walter Bunch, 59, Rebecca Oglesby, 51, and Fort’s daughter Jessica Carroll, 31. A fifth person, Andrew Putnam, was injured but survived.

Investigators focused on a single suspect, Adolphus Christopher Morris. Deputies located his vehicle and a pursuit ended when stop sticks disabled the car near Charles Perry Avenue and Girard Avenue in Sardis. Morris exited the wrecked vehicle and opened fire on deputies; officers returned fire and Morris was fatally shot at the scene. His grandmother, who had been in the car with him, was unharmed. The killings left multiple families grieving and the community shaken.

Did anyone in Sardis have information about Betty Fort’s life or where she spent her time that could help paint a fuller picture of who she was?