In a quiet Norcross, Georgia neighborhood, a devastating scene unfolded that cut short the life of 10-year-old Jasmyn Skinner. On a Friday afternoon in November 2016, Jasmyn, a female, was found tragically deceased inside her family's home on Pebble Creek Drive. The discovery was made by her father, Vernon Skinner, who was returning home from work after receiving a call from his son, Jermaine Roby, urging him to come back because Jasmyn was reportedly sick.
Upon his arrival, Mr. Skinner was met with an unimaginable horror. He found his daughter, Jasmyn, his 55-year-old wife, Josephine Roby-Skinner, and his 26-year-old son, Jermaine Roby, all lying in a pool of blood, having sustained fatal gunshot wounds. The peaceful suburban home had become the scene of a violent triple shooting that would leave a family shattered and a community in mourning.
In the days that followed, Gwinnett County police began to piece together the events that led to the tragedy. Investigators soon announced that they were exploring the possibility that the incident was a murder-suicide. Evidence suggested that Jermaine Roby may have been the perpetrator, shooting his mother and his younger sister before taking his own life. The motive for such a devastating act remained under investigation, leaving friends and neighbors to grapple with the shocking loss.
The investigation into the deaths of Jasmyn and her mother also took an unexpected turn when authorities announced a possible connection to another homicide. Detectives began looking into a potential link between Jermaine Roby and the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Quincy King, which had occurred in Atlanta shortly before the discovery of the deceased family members in Norcross. Ballistic evidence was being compared as law enforcement from both Gwinnett County and Atlanta collaborated to determine the nature of the relationship between Roby and King and whether the two incidents were connected. As the investigation continued, the community was left to remember Jasmyn as a young girl whose life was tragically and violently cut short.
