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Three dead with gunshot wounds in South Georgia home in suspected murder suicide

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said there was no immediate threat to the community.
Multiple people are dead at a home in St. George, Georgia.
Multiple people are dead at a home in St. George, Georgia.Shelby Danielsen / First Coast News

Two adults and a teenager were found dead on Tuesday in Saint George, Georgia, in what investigators believe was a double murder-suicide, authorities said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, or GBI, identified the three as Jan Elizabeth Kirkland, 64, Kimberly Gayle Butts, 39, and Caleb Logan Butts, 15. Their bodies were found in their home in Charlton County, near the Florida line. All had gunshot wounds, the agency said.

The bodies were discovered by the father of one of the dead women, NBC affiliate WTLV of Jacksonville, Florida, reported.

The GBI said there was no immediate threat to the community.