Walhalla crime UPDATE

Coroner Karl Addis made he following comment just before noon today about the crime scene investigation at a N. Laurel Street home:  “Walhalla Police Department, with assistance from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Department, is investigating a death that we are treating as a homicide at this time at a resident located on N. Laurel Street in Walhalla–505 N. Laurel Street.”  96.3/WGOG NEWS learned that after being called around 5:30 this morning the police found blood inside the home.  While police yellow tape surrounded the white home, thru traffic was blocked on N. Laurel–between Frank Martin Drive to the north and Walhalla Gardens Apartments to the south.