Double slaying in Cumberland probed

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and Virginia State Police are investigating a double slaying in the Lakeside Village area of the county.

According to a news release, two people were found dead yesterday morning in Cartersville, and police are searching for a "person of interest" who may have information about the deaths.

The sheriff's department was withholding the identities of the victims until the families could be notified.

Cumberland Sheriff Darrell Hodges said, "We received this call shortly after 7 o'clock [yesterday]. . . . The caller indicated there was a person laying in the front yard of a residence." When deputies arrived, they also discovered the body of the second victim, he said.

Anyone with information concerning this crime should call the Cumberland Sheriff's Office at (804) 492-4120.

-- Frank Green