Officials have released the name of one of two people killed in a recent house fire in Rabun County. 76-year-old Dolli LaDuke died from smoke inhalation and other injuries says Rabun County Coroner Sam Beck.
LaDuke lived in the house that burned at 734 Western Way in the Sylvan Lake Falls subdivision in Rabun Gap. She was one of five people inside the house when the fire broke out before dawn on January 13, 2022. Three people escaped the burning home; LaDuke and one other person did not.
The coroner’s office sent the bodies to the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur for positive identification. Beck says they’re waiting on additional medical records to positively ID the second fatality.
State and local fire officials are still investigating what caused the deadly blaze.
According to her obituary, LaDuke was a Certified Nursing Assistant with Regency Hospice. She is survived by four sons.
A memorial service will be held in her honor on Friday, January 28 in Clayton.
