Investigators now know who owned this Bulloch high ring. But whose remains were with it? A class ring from 1963, with the initials 'D.M' inscribed, was found with one set of remains in Metter. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT TOP OF THE HOUR. AND FIRST ON WJCL. I’M SHANNON ROYSTER. DALE: AND I’M DALE JULIN. NEW CLUES IN THE DISCOVERY OF THREE BODIES BEHIND A METTER FUNERAL HOME. IT HAPPENED AT HODGES FUNERAL HOME. THE GBI RELEASING DETAILS ABOUT TWO OF THE BODIES IN HOPES OF IDENTIFYING THEM. OUR LIANDRA LARSEN IS AT THE UPDATE CENTER WITH THE BREAKIN DEVELOPMENTS. LIANDRA: SHANNON, DALE, THE GBI HAS ONLY BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY ONE OF THOSE THREE BODIE NOW, THEY’RE RELEASING DETAILS ABOUT THE OTHER TWO THAT THEY HOPE WILL DRUM UP SOME LEADS. ONE OF THE BODIES WAS FOUND WITH A SET OF DENTURES THAT HELD A SINGLE, GOLD TOOTH ON THE UPPER PORTION. ALSO INSIDE THE CASKET, A CLASS RING FROM THE 1963 GRADUATING CLASS FROM SOUTHEAST BULLOCH HIGH SCHOOL. IT HAD THE INITIALS D-M INSCRIBED. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE ACTUAL RING. THEY’RE HOPING SOMEONE WILL KNOW WHO THE RING BELONGS TO AND THAT WILL LEAD TO THE PERSON’ IDENTITY. >> THIS CLASS RING IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BEST ROUTE BECAUSE IT HAS THE INITIALS OF SOMEBODY AND THIS PERSON HAD T CLASS RING FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. IT MAY BE THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL LIANDRA: THE LAST BODY THEY’RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY APPEARS TO BE THAT OF A FEMALE. THE BODY WAS FOUND WITH NO TEETH, A COLOSTOMY BAG AND A HIP IMPLANT. THE GBI SAYS THESE PEOPLE DIED AT LEAST 25-YEARS AGO. THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN ON DECEMBER 28 AFTER A RECYCLING COMPANY FOUND THREE CASKETS IN A SHED BEHIND THE FUNERAL HOME. 70-YEAR-OLD PERCY HODGES WAS ARRESTED ON JANUARY TENTH AND CHARGED WITH ABANDONING DEAD BODIES. AGENTS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE THIRD BODY THROUGH THE SERIAL NUMBER ON A PACEMAKER FOUND INSIDE THE CASKE THAT PERSON WAS ERIC COLLINS OF DOTHAN, ALABAMA. REPORTING IN THE STUDIO, LIAND

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