BREAKING NEWS: Muscogee County coroner Buddy Bryan confirms a 29-year-old mother and her three children were killed in the incident. The children reportedly range in age from less than a year old to 3-years-old. https://t.co/nPqhbZOVZ2
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Jerriciah Spellman and her children were killed near 20th Avenue and Cusseta Road, Muscogee County coroner Buddy Bryan told Columbus-based news station WTVM.
The children were 3 years old, 1 year old and approximately 4 or 5 months old, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported. The incident happened sometime Wednesday evening at the Elizabeth Canty apartment complex.
No details on what events led to the deadly stabbing have been released. Columbus police officers discovered the quadruple homicide scene after receiving a tip earlier in the day at a separate scene, WTVM reported.
Investigators are talking to a person of interest, but no suspects have been named, the news station reported. Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
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