A 76-year-old Georgia woman allegedly flew into a jealous rage and stormed into a trailer home before shooting dead her ex-husband and his girlfriend, who was 35 years younger than him, in a horrifying double murder.
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Grace Edge is accused of bursting into the property in rural Toombs County on Monday afternoon and opening fire without warning, killing her former husband, Wallace Truman Edge, 75, and his new girlfriend, Pamela Cook, 40.
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The bloodshed unfolded in front of Cook's terrified 55-year-old mother, Diane Cook, who frantically called 911 after witnessing her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend being gunned down.
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daughter → unfold → 911
Prosecutors allege Edge also turned her weapon on the horrified mother, shooting her in the arm before fleeing the scene.
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The shocking attack allegedly came after Edge struggled to accept that her former husband, whom she had divorced more than a decade earlier, had moved on with a considerably younger woman.
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Investigators believe resentment over the relationship may have fueled the deadly confrontation, although a definitive motive has not been established.
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'Mr. Edge had started dating Pamela, and it appears that based on information we received that Grace was not accepting of the situation,' Toombs County Sheriff Jordan Kight told WTOC.
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The terrifying final moments of the alleged rampage were captured in a 911 call made by Diane Cook, who described how the gunwoman entered the home and immediately began firing.
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Grace Edge, 76, allegedly became consumed by jealousy after her former husband began dating a woman 36 years her junior, leading to a deadly confrontation
The horrifying double murder unfolded inside a trailer home in Uvalda, Georgia in rural Toombs County, where deputies discovered both victims dead from gunshot wounds (file photo)
'She just come in start shooting,' Cook told the emergency dispatcher.
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When asked whether the suspect had argued with the victims before pulling the trigger, Cook insisted there had been no confrontation.
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'No she come in just shooting,' she replied.
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The chilling exchange suggested the victims had little warning before the violence erupted inside the home on McNatt Falls Road in Uvalda, a small community in southeastern Georgia.
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Deputies were dispatched to the property at approximately 2:30pm on Monday after receiving the emergency call.
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By the time officers arrived, Wallace Edge and Pamela Cook were already dead.
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According to authorities, the suspected gunwoman fired five shots during the attack.
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Four rounds struck Wallace Edge and his girlfriend, while a fifth hit Diane Cook in the arm.
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Edge allegedly fired five shots before driving directly to the sheriff's office and surrendering, leaving her ex-husband and his girlfriend dead and the girlfriend's mother wounded (file pic)
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Rather than fleeing after the shootings, Grace Edge allegedly drove directly to the Toombs County Sheriff's Office and surrendered herself to authorities.
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'We believe she had drove straight from the residence where this happened and drove straight here to the sheriff's office,' Kight said.
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Kight also revealed that Grace and Wallace Edge had been divorced for more than ten years, but investigators had received reports suggesting they continued to have an on-again, off-again relationship.
The sheriff stressed that such reports had not been independently confirmed.
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Before their divorce, deputies had reportedly been summoned to their home at least a dozen times over domestic disputes and other incidents.
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Kight said both Grace and Wallace had previously contacted authorities to make complaints about one another.
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Despite the repeated police involvement, none of those earlier incidents resulted in an arrest.
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The killings have stunned residents of Toombs County, which the sheriff described as a quiet, close-knit community unaccustomed to such shocking violence.
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'When something like this happens it is a shock and awe type feel to our community,' Kight said.
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Grace Edge now faces seven criminal charges in connection with the deadly incident, including two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and three counts of aggravated assault.
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Edge is being held at the Toombs County Detention Center while awaiting her first court appearance.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation.
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