New evidence provides glimmer of hope in Dermond case

PUTNAM COUNTY
  • The mobile command post for the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was on the scene of a murder in the Great Waters 10 years ago. (File Photo)
    The mobile command post for the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was on the scene of a murder in the Great Waters 10 years ago. (File Photo)
  • Russell and Shirley Dermond (File Photo)
    Russell and Shirley Dermond (File Photo)
The widely discussed and reported case of the murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond may still be unsolved on its 10th anniversary, but it is in no way a cold case.Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills continues to not only think about the case every day but also explore every possible avenue of finding a suspect.“Ten years is a long time, and this 10th anniversary only reminds me that I haven’t…

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