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Tracy Lynne Runnels

Case from Dawsonville, GA dated Apr 05, 2018

Victim Details

Tracy Lynne Runnels

Female

White / Caucasian

Dawsonville

GA

2018-04-05

38

Tracy

Lynne Runnels

07/12/2026

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In the quiet town of Dawsonville, Georgia, a tragic series of events unfolded, forever altering the lives of one family. It was on an otherwise ordinary Thursday morning that 38-year-old Tracy Lynne Runnels, a mother of two, found her life abruptly and violently cut short. The day was April 5, 2018, a date that would become etched in the memory of the community as one of profound loss and senseless violence.

The architect of this devastation was Kelley James McDonald Jr., a 39-year-old ma ...
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  • https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/dawson-christian-academy-student-recovering-after-gunshot-face-suspected-murder-suicide-killed-3/
  • WXIA: Fugitive wanted for domestic violence tracks wife to Georgia; dies in murder-suicide
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