Clarence Porter, 76, Kills Ailing Sister, Avis M. Whitley, 85, in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Grayson, Ga., Church Parking Lot

Clarence Porter, 76, killed his ailing sister, Avis M. Whitley, 85, in the parking lot of First Baptist Church of Grayson, Ga., Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide. The siblings lived in Loganville, Ga. Police was able to determine Porter shot his sister in the head and then killed himself inside a white 1996 Mercury Villager van in the church parking lot. According to the AJC, investigators said that Whitley had suffered a severe stroke several weeks ago and was in poor health. The church's pastor, Rev. Tim Brogan said the siblings had attended the 140-member church “a long time,” long before his four-year tenure.