Sheriff’s detectives investigating and working with the medical examiner have determined that the death of a woman found in a Rock Mountain Lakes home yesterday is a homicide.
The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Christy Lynn Cook. Cook had been reported missing to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office. It was reported that she was last seen on March 7, 2017, as she was leaving for a trip to Tennessee. She never arrived at her destination.
A suspect is in custody. The name of the suspect is being withheld pending formal charges.