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SPD officer, wife dead in apparent murder-suicide
Funeral for Ian Huggins being planned in Florida
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APO Ian Huggins
Statesboro Police Department officers are wearing shrouded badges this week after the death of an advanced patrol officer and his wife early Sunday in what police officials described as an apparent murder-suicide. Shortly after 2:30 on Easter morning, Statesboro police officers responded to reports of possible shots fired at Copper Beech Townhomes. Upon arrival, officers found APO Ian Huggins with multiple gunshot wounds. Moments after officers entered the home, Huggins' wife Rebecca Boyett Huggins took her own life with one gunshot to the head, stated the Police Department's first news release Sunday afternoon. The two were married less than two months earlier, on Feb. 14.
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