Absent Worker, Husband Found Dead

"BRISTOL, GA — Appling County Sheriff's deputies are investigating what they believe is a murder/suicide.

"Deputies say shortly after noon Thursday, they received a call from an employer asking them to check on a person at a home on 2148 Oliff Thornton Road in Southeast Appling County. Co-workers told deputies it was unusual for this employee to not show up to work.

"When deputies arrived at the scene, the back door of the residence was open and inside two bodies were found.

"The Georgia Bureau of Investigations was called to the scene.

"The Appling County Coroner pronounced both subjects dead on scene. The deceased have been identified as Calvin Willis Wright, age 60 and Maxine Wright, age 56.

"Preliminary investigations incidicate that Mr. Wright shot Mrs. Wright and then turned the gun on himself."

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