A fatal wreck Saturday afternoon on Highway 301 in Long County appears to have ties to an incident that occurred at a Richmond Hill hotel earlier that day.Richmond Hill Police Department Maj. Mike Albritton said a Royal Inn housekeeper found a suicide note and blood spatters in the room that previously had been occupied by Gerard Pepin, 62, and Gina Marie Pepin, 59, of Panama City Beach, Florida. It later was determined that the spatters were caused by self-inflicted injuries to the Pepins’ necks. The housekeeper alerted authorities, and detectives Doug Sahlberg and Keith Welch arrived and reviewed surveillance footage from the hotel’s parking lot.
Crash was apparent murder-suicide attemp
Note reportedly found at RH motel
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