In the quiet community of Darien, Georgia, a heartbreaking event unfolded, leaving a family shattered by violence. Thea Haywood Adderly, a 58-year-old female, became a victim in a tragic sequence of events that ended in her death. On Saturday, May 29, 2021, what should have been a peaceful morning at the Blount Cross Apartments turned into a scene of profound loss.
That morning, law enforcement was called to the residence where they discovered a grim reality.
Thea Adderly had been shot in the head by her husband, 60-year-old Raymond Carl Adderly. The violence did not end there; Raymond also turned his weapon on their 17-year-old granddaughter, Myllessa Haywood, leaving her in critical condition. After inflicting these devastating injuries upon his wife and granddaughter, Raymond Carl Adderly then took his own life.
Thea Adderly was rushed to a local hospital, but the severity of her injury was too great, and she ultimately succumbed to the gunshot wound. Her death was ruled a homicide, an act of violence perpetrated by her own husband in an apparent murder-suicide. The couple's granddaughter was transported to a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, to fight for her life. The community was left to grapple with the sudden and violent loss of a neighbor and the deep wounds inflicted on a family.
