Victims ID’d: Couple dead in murder-suicide at west Macon motel, Bibb coroner says

A man and woman found shot to death Wednesday afternoon in a room at a west Macon budget motel were believed to be the victims of a murder-suicide, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said.

The circumstances of their deaths were not fully known, Jones said, but it appeared the man shot the woman and then shot himself. It was not clear when the shootings occurred.

The victims, who had been dead for several hours, were identified Wednesday night as Tammy Calhoun, 44, of Macon, and Michael Reid, 46, of Merced, California, the coroner said.

Their bodies were discovered shortly after 2 p.m. at the OYO Hotel, which sits behind a Burger King near the intersection of Eisenhower Parkway and Romeiser Road, just west of Interstate 475.

This story was originally published February 9, 2022 at 3:31 PM.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.