Victims in Cherokee County triple homicide identified
By William Thornton
AL.com
Cherokee County officials have released the names of the three people killed in an early morning homicide this morning in a remote area north of Centre.
Coroner Jeremy Deaton said the victims were Sylvia Sue Duffe, 71, Clara Lee Edwards, 68, and Pamela Collette O'Shel, 49, all of Centre.
Donnie Lee Abernathy, 38, of Centre, has been booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center on charges of capital murder during kidnapping, first degree kidnapping, first degree criminal mischief and attempting to elude police. He is being held without bond.
The murders took place about 12:30 a.m. in the Round Mountain community off Weiss Lake on County Road 664. The home is at the end of a winding dirt road within sight of the water.
Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said a woman has been hospitalized following the incident, which Shaver said was a "domestic situation." The woman was treated and released.
Shaver said Abernathy attempted to flee the scene with a woman he abducted when he was met on the road by authorities. He struck a deputy's vehicle, triggering a pursuit, which ended when Abernathy wrecked in Sand Rock.
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