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By LEANN McCOY The Grenada Star Two people were found stabbed to death in a Holcomb residence Sunday, according to Grenada County Sheriff Alton Strider. Sheriff Strider said the bodies of Martha Stoker, in her early 40s, and former Grenada Police Capt. Jimmy Stauddy, 69, were found in Stauddy’s home by his wife, Scottie Stauddy, Sunday afternoon. Stoker lived at the residence as a caretaker for Jimmy Stauddy, who was disabled. “Deputies were called out to the house with ambulance en route at 4 p.m.,” said Strider. “The victims were found with multiple stab wounds, and the house was undisturbed.” Stauddy retired from the Grenada Police Department as a police investigator in 2001, after serving over 20 years on the force before retirement. He also retired from the Mississippi National Guard with the rank of Master Sargeant. He was also a former Methodist pastor preaching out of the Pittsboro charge in the 1980s. He once pastored Rapers Chapel, Pittsboro UMC, and Shady Grove UMC in Calhoun County. According to Strider, because of Stauddy’s ties to the Grenada Police Department, the FBI is taking part in the investigation. “The investigation is ongoing, with both Grenada and the FBI going down different avenues,” he said. The bodies were released to the Mississippi Crime Lab for autopsies and to gather evidence. Strider urges anyone who has any information to call the sheriff’s office at 227-2877. |