Emily Grace Mayo

Death by Force

Emily Grace Mayo, 9, female, White/Caucasian, was found dead alongside her father, 37-year-old James Lee Mayo, on May 27, 2025, at Brooklet City Park in Brooklet, Georgia. Responding to a 7:45 p.m. call about an unresponsive child locked in a vehicle, officers entered a pickup truck and discovered Emily in the back seat with a gunshot wound and her father in the front seat with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound; a handgun was recovered on his lap.

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People.com: Girl, 9, with 'Most Joyful Smile and Biggest Heart' Shot Dead in Car Alongside Dad with Self-Inflicted Wound

FOX 5 Atlanta: Man, 9-year-old daughter found shot to death in car in South Georgia park

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