Retired Politician, Husband Found Dead

"HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA - Former [Georgia] State Senator Nancy Shaefer and her husband Bruce are dead in an apparent murder-suicide.

"John Bankhead, with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, [said] agents are assisting the Habersham County Sheriff's Department.

"`Right now we have a death investigation that's ongoing... obviously an autopsy will be conducted at the GBI crime lab to determine how they died,` he says.

"Bankhead did confirm the two suffered from gunshot wounds.

"Shaefer, a conservative Republican who served two terms in the Senate, has been out of the legislature for two years. She most recently served as president of Eagle Forum of Georgia, a faith-based pro-family organization.

"Former Senate colleagues of Shaefer say her husband had been chronically ill for some time.

"`We're all shocked to hear this news... we don't have any details at this point but it sounds like a tremendous tragedy has occurred ,` says Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta)."

From wsbradio.com...