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Melissa Ball

Case from Varnell, GA dated Apr 23, 2015

Victim Details

Melissa Ball

Female

White / Caucasian

Varnell

GA

2015-04-23

27

Melissa

Ball

06/28/2026

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Melissa Lee Ball, a 27-year-old Caucasian female from Dalton, Georgia, was tragically killed on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Varnell, Georgia. Her life was taken by her ex-boyfriend, 36-year-old Christopher Eric Whitmore, in a horrific murder-suicide that also claimed the life of their 8-year-old son, Grayden Lee Whitmore. The violent encounter occurred around 7:00 p.m. in the parking lot of a Shell gas station and McDonald's on Cleveland Highway.

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