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Man, woman found dead at DeKalb hotel

A man and a woman were found shot to death in a room at the Knights Inn in DeKalb County Monday afternoon, and police are still investigating who they are and why they might have been killed. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM
A man and a woman were found shot to death in a room at the Knights Inn in DeKalb County Monday afternoon, and police are still investigating who they are and why they might have been killed. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM
By Rhonda Cook
Sept 15, 2014

A man and a woman were found shot to death in a DeKalb County hotel room Monday afternoon, and police are still investigating who they are and why they might have been killed.

DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that a maid at the Knights Inn found the two adults around 12:30 p.m.

“They do believe they have been dead for some time. We don’t know the length of time,” Parish said.

Neither has been identified either, and “detectives don’t have a clear motive,” according to Parish.

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