Georgia Man Kills Pregnant Girlfriend and Estranged Wife Before Taking His Own Life — Families Launch GoFundMe Campaigns Amid Grief

A horrific murder-suicide in Dalton, Georgia has left two families devastated and a community reeling, after a man was found to have fatally shot his estranged wife and pregnant girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.

Now, the families of both women are turning to the public for support, launching GoFundMe pages to help cover funeral expenses and care for the children left behind.

Triple Tragedy Unfolds in Dalton

On Friday, May 23, around 6 p.m., Dalton police were called to conduct a welfare check at the home of 35-year-old Rebeca Nicole Akins after co-workers reported she had been missing for several days.

Upon entering her residence on Murray Avenue, officers discovered Rebeca deceased from a gunshot wound to the head. Surveillance footage revealed a man — later identified as her husband, Kevin Andrew Akins, 37 — leaving the apartment on Wednesday, May 21, two days earlier.

As the investigation continued, officers traced Kevin’s car to another complex on Shadow Lane. On Saturday morning, while awaiting a search warrant, they saw a man — Cindel Mae Rhoden’s father — unlock a unit and call 911 to report two more deceased individuals inside.

The victims were identified as Cindel Rhoden, 33, and Kevin Akins. Investigators say Kevin fatally shot Cindel — who was five months pregnant with his child — before taking his own life.

A Timeline of Violence

According to the preliminary police report, Kevin murdered Rebeca early on May 21, before going to Cindel’s residence where he later killed her and himself. The back-to-back murders stunned local residents and ignited grief across two families, now left mourning the unimaginable.