Forensic investigators said they found evidence as gunshot residue on his collar leading them to believe the head was taken to conceal ballistic evidence. On May 16, two fishermen on Lake Oconee found her body near a dam. A neighbor had invited the Dermonds to a Derby party, but they never showed up. Hundreds of people were interviewed but investigators came up short. They have merited days, weeks of inquiry. Leads have, at times, looked promising. Henry spent most of his years as a homicide detective at agencies in Gwinnett County. 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On Friday, Sills said he recently received long-awaited cell phone data. Potential evidence was gathered. Theres such a thing of Gods wrath. They had a great relationship, said Monica Haufler, Chad Hauflers wife of 25 years. Shirleys phone and purse were still in the house. On Sunday, the likely anniversary of the couples death, Key planned to lead an afternoon memorial service at the church. Sills, who has helped solve dozens of murder cases during his career, said he believes it was the intent of the killers that the body of 87-year-old Shirley Dermond would never resurface. The murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond occurred in early May 2014 in Putnam County, Georgia, United States. Mauldin, the prosecutor, said the states case against him will be much clearer then. Russell Dermonds head has never been found. 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Key Sr. of Lake Oconee Community Church, where the Dermonds were members, says shock and despair linger. All rights reserved, Privacy Policy|Online Content Agreement, Man, 88, Beheaded, His Wife Missing From Home in Gated Georgia Community, Body confirmed to be Shirley Dermond; officials searching lake for husbands head, Phone records released in Dermond slayings on Lake Oconee, Son of slain couple in grisly Putnam case: Mystery just eats at you, New details as mystery reigns in year-old Dermond lake murders, Relentless: Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills chases a killer, Son of slain Dermond couple says Lake Oconee mystery haunts us, Vicious enemy may have killed Dermonds; Lake Oconee murders now 3 years cold. His body was discovered by neighbors in the garage of the couples home. (Provided), Brad Dermond looks at years' worth of memories with his parents, Shirley and Russell Dermond. But the thing is, a lot of the times serial killers are very hard to catch. Investigators have since scoured the couples financial and other records for clues to anything that might put them on the killers trail, but so far nothing has helped. Anyone with information about this unsolved double-murder is asked to call the Putnam County Sheriffs Office at 706-485-8557. Deputies followed hundreds of leads and possible motives, but they didnt lead anywhere conclusive. The neighbor quickly called 911. Looking at all the couples, they would have been the last you would have picked out, Key said. On Dec. 15, 1950, Shirley and Russell, a Navy veteran, tied the knot. Together, they had three sons and a daughterand eventually, they would dote on nine grandchildren too. There's no way one person did this," he said. Its not clear but theres been a couple where I almost feel like hes got some answers and hes trying to get me to see something, read something, that hasnt happened.. The Dermonds would move to the Great Waters Reynolds subdivision, a gated community located about twelve miles northeast of Eatonton and some 70 miles southwest of Atlanta. Because gunshot residue was found on Russell's collar,[5] Sills believes he was decapitated after having been shot in the head in an attempt to prevent police from finding the bullet,[6] and that the perpetrator(s) went to the Dermonds' home intending to obtain money, despite the fact that nothing in the home was stolen.[5]. The Dermonds were living an idyllic life in retirement. Im the sheriff of Putnam County, Georgia., Yeah, the woman said, youre the one with that case.. Sills said he didnt know if he would describe the conversation as promising, but anything is a step forward at this point.. The spot where her body, which had not been decapitated, was discovered is about five miles down the lake from the home the Dermonds, New Jersey natives, had retired to about a decade and a half prior. The towels belonged to the Dermonds and, yes, there was other evidence found at the scene, but I cant go into any of that evidence, Sills said. As of 2022, the murders remain unsolved and Russell's head has not been found. Their killers have never been found. Russell Joseph Dermond, a WWII Navy veteran, married Shirley Wilcox on Dec. 15, 1950. She was on the phone, gasping, breathless in the 11 seconds it took someone to answer and say, Putnam County 911., Yes, uh, I have an emergency, the woman, 68, said. The body of Shirley Wilcox Dermond, who was 87, turned up May 16, 10 days after her husbands. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. An autopsy found that she had died from either two or three deep wounds to the head from a blunt object. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. "Obviously mom and dad at that point were in their mid-to-late 80s," Brad Dermond said. The elderly couple, who lived in the affluent gated community of Great Waters at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Putnam County, was brutally slain sometime over the weekend of the Kentucky Derby in May 2014. Sheriff Howard Sills, who is personally spearheading the probe, earlier this week declined to publicly divulge what evidentiary avenue was being pursued, but told The Telegraph that the effort could prove promising. Her body was found by fishermen on Lake Oconee, weighed down with two 30-pound concrete blocks tied to her. If theres somebody whos going to get this thing solved, its going to be him.. Other friends testified theyd be willing to do the same. A real estate listing touts the homes expansive views and mentions fresh paint, new carpet.. These days, he relies on the FBI, Sills and the public to come forward and shed light on who did this to his family. In May, 2014 an elderly couple, Russell and Shirley Dermond, were murdered at their home in a gated community on Lake Oconee in central Georgia. They hope deputies are able to find their parents' killers. We used some of the most advanced underwater electronic equipment that the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division has in an attempt to find Shirley Dermonds body, as well as the head of her husband, Sills said. If you want to support the channel and participate in future LIVE shows and other perks, click on the link and join Patreon! Their favorite time was to spend time with the family and grandkids, Brad said about his parents, who were both only children, themselves. On May 6, one neighbor went to the Dermonds' house to check on them. Haufler had bruises on his back and elbows, according to his attorney. Someone also reported seeing him the next day strolling the neighborhood golf course. They spent their days playing golf, writing, going on walks, and spending time with their friends and family. He said he also believes that when Shirley Dermonds body was tossed into the lake, the killers could easily have thrown Russell Dermonds head into the lake at the same time. For every theory about the shooting death of an Ohio man by his friend inside the exclusive Reynolds Lake Oconee community, significant holes remain. The decapitated body of Russell Dermond (age But prosecutor Allison Mauldin said Tuesday that the physical evidence was also damning. But what led the two men to fight in the first place? His wife was found days later in a nearby lake having been weighed down. [3] The neighbor found the door unlocked and entered the house. That said, it points out a daunting truth. Investigators arrived and began to comb over the scene. Crews searched for several days with no luck. 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WebOn May 16, two fishermen on Lake Oconee found her body near a dam, nearly five miles away from the house. A few weeks back, a tip from a college professor in another state seemed plausible until Sills ran it down. Theres been a lot of brick walls in this case, Henry said. "Theres about three persons in my house trying to kill me," he told the dispatcher. By boat, the spot lies some five miles from her home, in a wide bend above the Wallace Dam. Search continues for person who decapitated elderly man at Lake Oconee home Richard Elliot reports. Russell and Shirley Dermond were last seen alive on May 1, 2014, while running errands. Sills talked with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday about the case and how technology that wasnt yet developed six years ago might be useful to authorities in solving the case. There was terror in her voice the morning the murder mystery came to light. I think about this (case) every day no matter where I am. After several years in the fast food industry, in which Russell owned several Hardees restaurants in Atlanta, he retired in 1994. EATONTON, Ga. Nearly every day for the past six years, Putnam County Sheriff Howard R. Sills has done some sort of investigative work concerning the unsolved double-murder case of Russell and Shirley Dermond. Russ, once an avid golfer when he and Shirley lived near Roswell, had called it a career after more than 10 years in the restaurant business. Besides the headless body sprawled in the garage between the Dermonds Lexus SUV and their Lincoln Town Car, little in the home was amiss. The FBI is investigating the new data. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. He fit right in with Hauflers large circle of friends, joining them on a deep-sea fishing excursion 120 miles off the Atlantic coast. I try to keep an open mind. Nor any suspects. Ive obtained some of it and I have reason to believe that when I obtain the rest of the data and sort it out that it may well lead me to a suspect or suspects in this case, Sills said. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. But guesses abound about what befell the Dermonds: Why Russ was left lying in his homes two-car garage with his head cut off; why his wife, Shirley, 87, was beaten to death, her corpse sunk in Lake Oconee, only to surface a week and a half later. From the street or the water, even in early spring, seeing anything distressing happening inside would have been all but impossible. The neighbors who made the 911 call did so on the Dermonds cordless phone. WebThe Lake Oconee Murders (2020 Podcast Episode) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro It looks like we don't have any Cast and Crew for this title yet. Web703K views, 717 likes, 10 loves, 118 comments, 309 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from HLN: Whoever killed Russell & Shirley Dermond is still out there. A $45,000 reward was offered. We talked about some technological stuff that were working on right now.. (FOX 5). In the 12 months that followed, no reasons or explanations have emerged. One person may have made the initial assault, or something like that, but somebody had some help at some juncture., He said one plausible theory, as he put it, is that the killings involve some sort of extortion or robbery-type thing by somebody the Dermonds at least initially knew.. They had a huge retirement house overlooking a beautiful lake in Georgia. Four years after his elderly parents' brutal murders, their son believes it's time to talk and hopefully break someone else's silence, uncovering a clue into who killed Russell and Shirley Dermond. Jessica Noll is a multimedia journalist, who focuses on in-depth, investigative crime/justice reports for 11Alive's digital platforms. Yet they have all, not unlike the villain whose misdeeds provoked them, faded into oblivion for the time being. This all came to a sudden end in May 2014 when a neighbor discovered Russell dead and Shirley missing. It weighs heavy on me, Sills said. The neighbors had hosted a Kentucky Derby party the previous Saturday, May 3. Tangled within his blood, they found strands of Shirleys hair. The Dermonds leave behind a daughter, two sons and nine grandchildren. You have no clue as to what youre looking for. The new details came as the alleged killer, Chad Haufler was denied bond in Greene County, where hes been incarcerated since last Tuesday. 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Show Going West: True Crime, Ep The Lake Oconee Murders // 121 - 18 May 2021. As the year progressed, the trail leading to those responsible grew cold. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. I dont want to create an impression that I have acquired some silver bullet, but this is yet another tool we are using trying to find out who perpetrated these heinous crimes. "The technology we are using was not in existence back in 2014," Sills said in a statement. Before joining Sills staff in 2012, he helped train police investigators in Iraq. Its impossible.. WebThe fisherman who had the misfortune of finding Shirley Dermonds body in Lake Oconee Source: Scoopnest.com. Shed gone to her duplicate bridge club meeting in Eatonton the Thursday before her death. In the years since, the Putnam County Sheriffs Office would re-interview several times hoping something new would emerge. A man, the sheriff said, well just leave it at that, was seen on the property during the period that the murders could have occurred., Also, he said recently, Im considering some new forensic testing of evidence we have.. Friends of the couple grew concerned. Russell Joseph Russ Dermond, 88, had last been seen on May 2, the day before that years Kentucky Derby. In recent months, the eldest of the Dermonds surviving three children, Keith Dermond, who lives in Florida, recalled how his parents moved to the lake in the late 1990s to get away from the hustle and bustle of Atlanta., They made some great friends and loved when family visited, Keith Dermond, 56, said in February, adding that he hadnt heard from the sheriff or anyone in months.. "What we need more than anything is for someone to call us and tell us who is responsible for this savagery," he said Friday. (Jessica Noll / WXIA), The Dermonds owned a house, above, on Lake Oconee. The headless body of 88-year-old Russell Dermond was on the floor surrounded by towels. But theres no way for us to search all of Lake Oconee to try to find the missing head. Updated May 05, 2021 8:25 AM For seven years, the killings of Russell and Shirley Dermond at Lake Oconee have gone unsolved, the motive unknown and the The Dermonds went on to move into Great Waters Reynolds at Lake Oconee, a gated community located about twelve miles northeast of Eatonton. The last time Russell was seen alive was on Thursday, May 1, 2014 when he ran some errands in town. Five years ago in 2016, one of the couples sons, Keith Dermond, who lived in Florida, told The Telegraph that he hadnt given up hope his parents killer might someday be caught. A local sheriff says data provided to the FBI might help them solve the grisly double homicide of an elderly pair eight years ago. Sills narrowed the timeframe of Russells murder to somewhere between 4:30 p.m., on May 1when the mail was deliveredto 6 p.m., on May 4, when the couple failed to show up for the party. Arora does not know what compelled his client to lie. He became the face of an unsolved crime that fascinated viewers and newspaper readers across the region. WebHer body was found by fishermen on Lake Oconee, weighed down with two 30-pound concrete blocks tied to her. Hed do the same thing for anyone sitting in this room, said Matt Luttermoser, a friend since childhood. I am currently trying to obtain data of a highly technical nature that I believe will be fruitful. The neighbors who alerted the authorities about Russ death live about a mile from the Dermond place. Brad, who still talks to his golfing buddy nearly every day, has dreams about his dad as well. PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. - New evidence might reinvigorate the investigation into a chilling murder mystery that still haunts a Lake Oconee community eight years later. An investigators has said the Dermond home was kept so neat and clean that youd eat off the floors.. Down a sloped yard from the slain couples house, at the waters edge, there is a lighted dock. Despite what the listing describes as large windows found in every room, the house sits in a tree-shrouded lot. But, he is convinced more than one person was involved. Its security cameras had been knocked out by a storm in the weeks before the killings and were of no use to the authorities. Such insight -- helpful as it may be down the road -- does little to narrow the field of suspects. [2] He married Shirley Wilcox on December 15, 1950. Progress, gradual as it may be, has been made. He told Wilfon that hes cautiously optimistic about new evidence in the case cellphone data provided by the FBI. He could have been shot, beaten or suffered some as-yet-unknown end. Russell and Shirley Dermond were supposed to attend a Kentucky Derby Party on May 3, 2014, at a neighbors home. But you think there would be other crimes, Keith Dermond said. They were just really down-to-earth.. WebThe Oconee County Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old Adam Robert Cabe, of Candler, turned himself in on Monday, Feb. 28, 2023, on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct Heres a list of the homicides in Macon in 2023. Thursday marked eight years since someone killed Shirley and Russell Dermond at their Lake Oconee home. They also were not sure if the killers somehow got in through the gate or found their way to the home by boat. The husband who found Russ slain can be heard on the recorded line in the background searching the house in vain -- apparently for Shirley. But when the worst happens in the seemingly best of places, folks cannot help but wonder why or how. "Im going to defend myself.. Come Wednesday, a year will have passed since that emergency call, since the frantic womans husband found the decapitated body of their 88-year-old friend, Russell J. EATONTON, Ga. A cold case is warming up as the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said there is new evidence in their search for whomurdered an elderly couple, then dumped one of their body's into a rural Georgia lake. Her husband was impressed with the handmade knife Dimos had given him while visiting in June. The Dermonds eldest son, Mark, was killed while attempting to purchase crack cocaine in Atlanta. Someone who likes guns and knives, Sills said, recalling some contents of the FBIs report. For seven years, the killings of Russell and Shirley Dermond at Lake Oconee have gone unsolved, the motive unknown and the culprit or culprits uncaught in a bizarre double slaying that has remained as baffling as it was heinous. His killer remains in prison, and people on the slayings periphery -- relatives, friends and others -- appear to have played no role in his parents deaths. Investigators said a professional would know that would not work. Sills said he could not elaborate on what was discussed with FBI agents from the Macon field office, however. If you have a tip or story idea, email her at jnoll@11Alive.com or call, text at (404) 664-3634. Each of the Dermonds surviving children were interviewed by deputies about the case. Marc Dimos will be laid to rest Thursday in Ohio. Its still just as tough as day one. His wife, Shirley, was beaten to death and her body taken six miles away by boat to one of the deepest portions of Lake Oconee. Murdered, beheaded and dumped into a lake: Who wanted the Dermonds dead? The cause of death was blunt-force trauma to the head. 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This week on Killin Missin Hidden, we try to delve into what could have happened to Russell and Shirley Dermond.SHOW NOTEShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Russell_and_Shirley_Dermond, https://www.williamsfuneralhome.net/obituaries/Russell-Dermond/#!/Obituary, https://www.williamsfuneralhome.net/obituaries/Shirley-Dermond/#!/Obituary, https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/investigations/gone-cold-the-murders-at-lake-oconee-4-years-later-elderly-couples-son-opens-up/67-549362307, https://www.unionrecorder.com/news/somebody-knows-and-there-s-more-than-one-person-involved/article_04992f3e-7198-11e9-acd7-d71d1b679da1.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Oconee, https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/years-later-murders-lake-oconee-couple-continue-confound/TozzJXuLvXXbu8f7zbWcPL/, https://medium.com/the-true-crime-times/the-macabre-murders-of-russell-and-shirley-dermond-322a46322706, https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lake-oconee-double-murder-probe-turns-to-ny-for-clues/53946546, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/nyregion/lois-colley-murder-guilty.html, https://www.unionrecorder.com/news/new-technology-to-be-used-in-unsolved-murder-case/article_943dc312-971b-11ea-bcfa-875703a04928.html, https://www.lakeoconeenews.us/article/6-years-later. 2023 FOX Television Stations. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.. Cloudy. Low 66F. Now part of the challenge is that we live with unanswered questions.. Some have suggested professional hit men as the culprits. Russell's decapitated body was found on the floor of his two-car garage, lying in a small pool of blood. Both her and dad, total family people. Please rate, subscribe, and share if you enjoy our work. WebBy Joe Kovac Jr. The youngest of four, 55-year-old Dermond, says his parents were very private people and that they would hate that he is talking about them at all. But after some neighbors went over to their home searching for them, they were nowhere to be found. Sills said Shirley Dermond was struck more than once and was dead when she was dropped in the lake. There have been 11 violent homicides in Macon this year, including five in February, Heres how to qualify for medical marijuana in Georgia, Pregnant woman shot in the head, Georgia cops say. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are assisting by analyzing the new evidence, the sheriff said. There was no evidence of a struggle or forced entry and the couples home left little clues as to what happened. If you have any information that could help, you are asked to call the Putnam County Sheriffs Office. Join our "Gone Cold" Facebook group and join our discussions about cases like these, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/gonecold/ and follow us on Twitter: @11AliveGoneCold. He then traveled to the nearby Publix, at 2:26 p.m., to pick up a prescription for Shirley, for an upcoming cataract surgeryas well as a loaf of bread and a few cucumbers. She described two bloodlettings Dimos was bludgeoned, sustaining multiple lacerations to his face, before Haufler, 45, allegedly shot his friend in the face. It was wooded and very private. A look at the Dermond's home on Lake Oconee in May 2014. Seems like every free minute Ive got, my mind is rehashing stuff, trying to think of things we may have missed or overlooked, Henry said. The victims younger brother, Jeff Dimos, watched the proceedings Tuesday in silence, declining an interview request but offering a brief statement to the media mourning the passing of the father of six. "That person with that little sliver of knowledge would come forward at this point lives -- (that would be) very much appreciated with our family," their son said. Im not exaggerating, Sills said. Perhaps, Sills says, but the usual things a burglar might steal -- televisions, jewelry, electronics -- were apparently not taken. She has been bludgeoned to death and her body had been weighted down with cinder blocks. There have, since early in the probe, been developments or findings not shared publicly that, in the event of an arrest, could prove useful in convicting the killer or killers. 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