Crime & Safety

Mother and Son Dead in Murder-Suicide

The bodies were found after a house fire early Sunday.

Two people found dead after a house fire in Acworth early Sunday died in a murder-suicide, according to the .

Officers and Cobb County firefighters responded to a 911 call regarding a house fire at approximately 12:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered the bodies inside the home on North Bend Way just off Acworth Due West Road, Acworth police said.

Medical examinations suggest that Shawn Hutcheson, 42, and his mother, Dianne Hutcheson, 64, both died from gunshot wounds, Acworth Police Chief Michael Wilkie said.

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Wilkie said initial investigations indicate that the mother shot her son, then set the house on fire and took her own life.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Division at 770-974-3111.

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