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Grayden Lee Whitmore

Case from Varnell, GA dated Apr 23, 2015

Victim Details

Grayden Lee Whitmore

Male

White / Caucasian

Varnell

GA

2015-04-23

8

Grayden

Lee Whitmore

06/29/2026

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In a tragic and violent turn of events, eight-year-old Grayden Lee Whitmore’s life was cut short on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Varnell, Georgia. He was a student at Beaverdale Elementary School. The young boy was fatally shot by his father, 36-year-old Christopher Eric Whitmore, in a harrowing murder-suicide that also claimed the life of his mother, 27-year-old Melissa Ball.

The incident unfolded in the parking lot of a Shell gas station on Cleveland Highway. Investigators determined ...
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    Has anyone else been following the Grayden Lee Whitmore case? It's just so tragic and, honestly, sho... ...Read More
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