Sheriff discusses Dermond case 12 years later

PUTNAM COUNTY
  • Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills discusses the Dermond case with reporters recently in his office. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
    Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills discusses the Dermond case with reporters recently in his office. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

    This week will mark 12 years since the brutal slayings of Russell and Shirley Dermond in the Lake Oconee area. 

    The unusual manner of the elderly couple’s deaths and their still-unsolved case garnered national media attention when it happened and continues to be a topic of blogs, podcasts, and true-crime television shows.

    Russell and Shirley Dermond had retired in the late 1990s and moved to a …