Man murders 9-year-old daughter before killing himself

Emily Grace Mayo

Released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation:

BROOKLET, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has launched an inquiry into the deaths of a man and his young daughter, found inside a vehicle at a city park in Brooklet, authorities said Wednesday.

Officers with the Brooklet Police Department and Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an unresponsive child locked in a car at Brooklet City Park around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to the GBI.

When officers arrived, they entered the vehicle and discovered 9-year-old Emily Grace Mayo dead in the backseat from an apparent gunshot wound. 

Her father, 37-year-old James Lee Mayo, was found in the front seat with what investigators believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

A handgun was located on his lap.

Both bodies will be taken to the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office in Pooler for autopsies.