On July 10, 2020, investigators found three members of a Manchester, Georgia household dead from apparent gunshot wounds at a home on Chafin Drive. The victims were 87-year-old Horace Vedell Dennis, his 79-year-old wife Sybil Dennis, and their 53-year-old son Thomas Randall Dennis. The scene was discovered by another family member, who called authorities.

Horace Dennis was a U.S. Air Force veteran who later worked at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation and rose to become Director of Safety and Compliance. Sybil Dennis was a former radio news reporter for WRCG-AM in Columbus, Georgia. Their son Thomas lived in the family home.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the homicide probe and autopsies were performed. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. If anyone knew the Dennis family or has information about what happened on Chafin Drive, please come forward.