Man Who Killed Himself in Chattooga County Was Convicted Murderer

Dover 2The Rome resident that killed himself inside a truck belonging to a man found dead in West Rome on Monday afternoon was a convicted murderer who had been released on parole six years ago.

According to information on the Georgia Department of Corrections website Larry B. Dover was convicted of murder in Bartow County, and he began his sentence in February of 1983.

The jury found him guilty in the stabbing death of his estranged wife in 1981; Dover served 26 years behind bars before being released in 2009.

He allegedly fired several shots at a woman in the Teloga area of Chattooga County Monday and the victim’s house caught fire later that same day.

Chattooga County deputies later found the 64 year old in a truck on a dirt road, and, as they approached him, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

He was being taken to a Rome-area hospital for treatment, but died en route.

Dover was in a pickup truck belonging to 69 year old Wesley Wayne Stewart, who was later found dead inside his home on Marshall Lane in Rome.

The death is being called “Suspicious”; but, authorities are awaiting autopsy results prior to releasing an official cause of death.

(WRGA/www.wrgarome.com)

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