A quiet afternoon in Toombs County, Georgia, was shattered by sudden violence on October 19, 2026, leaving two people dead and a community in shock. Inside a home on McNatt Falls Road in the small town of Uvalda, 40-year-old Pamela Cook and her boyfriend, 75-year-old Wallace Truman Edge, were fatally shot. The attack, which happened in a brief and brutal onslaught, also wounded Pamela’s mother.
The incident began at approximately 2:19 p.m. when a 911 call was made from the residence.
The caller was Pamela’s 55-year-old mother, Diane Cook, who was inside the home at the time. In a frantic call to a dispatcher, she reported that a woman had just walked in and started shooting without any preceding argument or warning. During the call, Diane Cook was shot in the arm, an injury that was not life-threatening.
When deputies from the Toombs County Sheriff's Office arrived at the mobile home, they found a tragic scene. Pamela Cook and Wallace Edge were discovered inside, both having sustained fatal gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators later determined that the assailant had fired a handgun five times, striking Pamela and Wallace a combined four times.
The investigation almost immediately focused on a person of interest: 76-year-old Grace Edge, the ex-wife of Wallace Edge. According to Toombs County Sheriff Jordan Kight, Grace Edge had been divorced from Wallace for over a decade, but the two had maintained an on-again, off-again relationship. That dynamic changed when Wallace began a new relationship with Pamela. “Mr. Edge had started dating Pamela, and it appears that, based on information we received, Grace was not accepting of the situation,” Sheriff Kight told reporters. He also noted that deputies had been called to the Edge's home dozens of times in the past for domestic disputes, though no arrests were ever made.
Shortly after the shooting, Grace Edge drove directly to the Toombs County Sheriff’s Office and surrendered to authorities. She was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Toombs County Detention Center. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist with the case. Sheriff Kight stated, "When something like this happens it is a shock and awe type feel to our community."
Grace Edge was charged with a total of seven counts: two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, and three counts of aggravated assault for the deaths of Pamela Cook and Wallace Edge, and for the wounding of Diane Cook. She was held in custody pending her first court appearance.
As of the latest available reports from October 2026, Grace Edge was awaiting her initial hearing. The case against her was proceeding through the justice system. There have been no public announcements regarding a trial, plea, or final disposition in the case. No information has been made public about memorials or fundraisers for Pamela Cook or her family.
