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https://gbi.georgia.gov/case/unsolved-homicide-1976
http://wjhnews.com/two-year-old-murder-is-yet-to-be-resolved/
On Friday, January 18, 2013, at approximately 6:36 PM, Coffee County 911 received a call reporting a house fire at the residence of Larue and Edith Sheffield, 10817 Bowens Mill Road near Broxton...
The initial investigation revealed one of the people who resided at the house had not been located... The scene was processed throughout the day Saturday and the charred remains of a human body were discovered in the fire debris later that night.
Utilizing dental records, the victim was identified by the GBI Crime Lab as Edith Carole Sheffield, W/F, 49 years old. Mrs. Sheffield was last seen shortly before 6:00 PM that day leaving work in Douglas, Georgia.
http://wjhnews.com/two-year-old-murder-is-yet-to-be-resolved/
Sheffield had been reported missing that same Friday afternoon before the fire and an intensive search was begun, but no one could find a clue as to where she had gone. Her body was found in the ashes the next day...
Results of the autopsy report from the GBI Douglas office show that she died of a gunshot wound...
There is no question she was murdered, Mansfield said. We are still very actively working the case but have nothing that has led us to make any arrest at this point.