A Toccoa man is in jail, accused of stabbing his father to death and seriously injuring his mother. The deadly assault happened early Thursday inside the family’s home on Bart Holcomb Road in Stephens County.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Stephens County deputies responded to a person stabbed call at the residence around 7:40 a.m. on Dec. 28. When deputies arrived, they found 63-year-old William James Vaughn dead in his home.
Deputies cleared the house and found Vaughn’s 39-year-old son, Christopher, locked inside a room. Law enforcement took him into custody.
Christopher Vaughn’s mother, Janet Lynn Vaughn, was located at a nearby home. Paramedics airlifted the 62-year-old woman to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The fatal stabbing followed a domestic dispute at the home, the GBI says. Earlier in the day, around 6 a.m., deputies responded to a verbal domestic call at the residence.
Authorities charged Christopher Vaughn with one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault. He is being held in the Stephens County Jail.
The GBI is investigating the murder and assault. Once their investigation is complete, the agency will turn over the case to the Mountain Judicial Circuit for prosecution.
