Crime

Two men found dead from overdose Tuesday afternoon at Macon motel, deputy coroner says

Motel 6 at 105 Riverside Parkway in Macon.
Motel 6 at 105 Riverside Parkway in Macon. The Telegraph

Two men were found dead from a drug overdose in a Macon motel Tuesday afternoon, and a woman found in the same room was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced the two men dead at 2:15 p.m. in a room at the Motel 6 at 105 Riverside Parkway. The men’s identities have not been released pending notification of their next of kin.

More information on this story will be shared when it becomes available.

Caleb Slinkard
The Telegraph
Caleb Slinkard is the Georgia Editor for McClatchy, running the Macon Telegraph and Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newsrooms. Previously, he led newsrooms for the El Dorado (Ark.) News-Times, the Norman (Okla.) Transcript and the Greenville (Texas) Herald-Banner. He’s a graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce and has taught journalism classes and practicums at the University of Oklahoma and Mercer University.
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