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Dallas Man Who Killed Girlfriend Dies In Hospital: Sheriff

A Paulding County man who shot himself in the head after killing his girlfriend last month has died in an area hospital, authorities said.

PAULDING COUNTY, GA — A Dallas, Georgia, man who shot himself in the head after killing his girlfriend has died in the hospital, according to authorities.

David Vern Price, 56, died on June 26, a spokesperson for the Paulding sheriff’s office told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Had Price survived, he would have faced murder charges.

Deanna Jean Rose, 27, was found by Paulding deputies on June 20 at a Hitchcock Road home, dead from a gunshot wound. Price, who was also found in the home, “appeared to have a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” the Paulding sheriff’s spokesperson said.

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