Video: Suspect Arrested In Pontotoc County Double Homicide

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PONTOTOC COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A person will be charged with capital murder in the deaths of a Pontotoc County couple this past weekend.

Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask says the unidentified person is in custody and more details will be released tomorrow.

A family member found Donald Ralph Baker, 70, and his 57 year-old wife, Evelyn, inside their Highway 346 home on Sunday morning.

Mask says the couple died from blunt force trauma.

Deputies have searched the area around the home for evidence.

Investigators believe the two were killed in the same room but they were found in different areas of the home.

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