Authorities on Tuesday released the name of a Jackson County man who shot and killed his young son and stepson before turning the gun on himself.
Relatives of 36-year-old Keith Jermaine Gresham found the Commerce man dead Monday afternoon inside a car parked on a remote dirt road between Commerce and Jefferson, according to Chief Deputy David Cochran of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.
The two boys, Keionte Gresham, 4, and Keion Gresham, 7, were found shot to death outside the vehicle.
Keith Gresham was Keion's natural father, according to Cochran.
Cochran told the AJC on Tuesday that Keith Gresham had been involved in an ongoing domestic dispute with the children's mother, who had custody of the boys.
She let the boys spend the weekend with Gresham, but he failed to return them.
On Monday morning, relatives got phone calls and text messages from Gresham, who threatened to harm himself, Cochran said. They went looking for Gresham and the boys, and found them dead on Old Woods Bridge Road.
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