With a photo of the Dermonds’ Great Waters home on the TV mounted behind him, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills presents the evidence gathered so far in what he admits is the “toughest case” of his career so far. IAN TOCHER/Staff
A nearly sold-out crowd turned out Friday night for Georgia Writers Museum’s nearly sold-out “Crime and Wine” event. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Georgia Writers Museum and its popular Crime & Wine series, led by Cold Case Investigative Research Institute founder and Director Sheryl “Mac” McCollum, presented Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills updating a packed house Friday night on the unsolved May 2014 murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond on the shores of Lake Oconee.
The baffling case officially began on May 6 that year when neighbor…
