Sheriff's Office investigating two murders in Milton

Two bodies were discovered in the brush of a rural roadway just north of Milton yesterday.

A passerby called deputies when they noticed a large amount of blood in the roadway of Jesse Allen Road around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. 

When investigators fromn the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office arrived on scene, they discovered the bodies ofTracie Lynn Tolbert, 43, and Robert McArthur Hamm, 41, both of Milton. 

According to published reports, their bodies were found on opposite sides of the roadway.  Officials do not yet know how the man and woman died.  Their autopsies are being conducted today.

For more on this story, check out the Sept. 30 edition of the Navarre Press, or subscribe online.