In a quiet Augusta, Georgia neighborhood, a devastating series of events unfolded, leaving a family shattered by violence that erupted from within. On a Sunday afternoon, Richmond County deputies were dispatched to a home on Bennock Mill Road for a welfare check, a routine call that would soon reveal a grim and tragic scene. Inside the residence, authorities discovered the bodies of three family members, their lives cut short in what was determined to be a double murder-suicide.
The deceased were identified as Sandra Moulton, her sister, and her 77-year-old stepfather, Carmen Ray. Investigators concluded that Sandra Moulton was the perpetrator of the horrific act. It is believed that she shot and killed her sister and stepfather before turning the weapon on herself, ending her own life and leaving a trail of unanswered questions and profound grief. The motive for the violent outburst remains unclear, leaving friends and the community to grapple with the sudden and shocking loss.
The tragedy was compounded by the fact that the family had already experienced a recent loss. Just months prior, Sandra's mother and Carmen's wife, Kathleen Moulton, had passed away. Carmen Ray was a retired pipefitter and a lifelong resident of Augusta, remembered by those who knew him as a kind and outgoing man with a love for old westerns and a nightly habit of reading his bible. The violent end to his life, and the lives of his stepdaughters, stands in stark contrast to the peaceful life he was known to have lived. In the end, what was meant to be a quiet Sunday afternoon became a scene of incomprehensible violence, leaving a community to mourn the loss of an entire family.
