Crime & Safety

Two Dead Discovered in Acworth Home

Police suspect the pair overdosed on drugs.

Acworth police believe that two people found dead in a home on Tuesday died from a drug overdose.

The man and woman were found inside a home at Cowan Road and S. Main Street during the course of a welfare check, department spokeswoman Youlanda Leverette told Patch. The pair died of “what appears to be a drug overdose,” Leverette said.

WSB-TV reports that investigators believe the bodies had been in the home for several days.

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The identities of the deceased are being withheld pending familial notification, Leverette said.

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