Neighbors shocked after man, woman found dead in Spotsylvania County home

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. - The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after two people were found dead in a home Saturday morning. 

Deputies responded to the home in the 10800 block of Heatherwood Drive around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday after a caller said they found their friend dead inside of the home. 

A shocking discovery

The backstory:

The person said they went to the home after not hearing from the friend for some time and walked in to check on their friend and immediately found a woman’s body.

The person walked out of the home and called 911. 

When deputies arrived, they began searching throughout the home and eventually came upon a man’s body. 

Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Division responded to the scene, began their investigation, conducted interviews and collected evidence. 

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The victims have been identified as 61-year-old Charles Childress and 59-year-old Kimberly Newcomb.  

Neighbors shocked

What they're saying:

A neighbor next door said Newcomb was already living there by the time she and her family moved into the neighborhood in 2021.

"They were super friendly. Just recently, they had decorations up. Yeah, it looks like nothing suspicious was going on and it was just really a big surprise and unfortunate news," she said. "I think it’s more shocking just because, like I said this neighborhood is very quiet. We do kind of keep an eye on each other. If anything is suspicious, someone will come over and be like, someone is parked over at your house for ‘X’ amount of days. That’s the most activity we get, like some suspicious car parked in front of our house for a sense of time."

Investigation continues 

What we know:

At this time, investigators have not determined what the relationship between the victims was, but they say the pair were living in the home together.  

"They do let their dogs out, and our dogs like to play with them across the fence. So, yeah, it’s been about a week. Because their vehicles are there, we were just like…oh, they’re probably inside because it’s chilly. We didn’t think anything of it," the neighbor said.

Detectives have ruled this as a homicide with both victims suffering from fatal injuries. 

The homicide remains under investigation.