New cell phone data may be key to solve Dermond murders

  • Russell and Shirley Dermond
    Russell and Shirley Dermond
  • Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills – seated at his desk during the Dermond investigation in 2014 – said he believes the Dermonds knew the people who took their lives. FILE PHOTO
    Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills – seated at his desk during the Dermond investigation in 2014 – said he believes the Dermonds knew the people who took their lives. FILE PHOTO
Technology could be the link that’s been missing in finding out who murdered Russell and Shirley Dermond eight years ago, but Putnam County Sheriff Howard R. Sills knows an even better way. Two years ago, Sheriff Sills said he had met with FBI agents to discuss how technology that’s now being used to solve and prosecute cases could help in the Dermond case. In early May 2021, Sills told The…

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