Memorial service for NE Cobb woman killed in murder-suicide

A celebration of life service has been scheduled for a Northeast Cobb woman police said was the victim of a murder-suicide earlier this month.

The obituary for Daphne Duplessis Saddler, 38, said the service will take place July 5 at Mayes-Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta.

According to police, she was shot and killed in her home on June 7 by a man who also lived there. He was identified as Sam Mills, 44, and police said after killing Saddler, he turned the gun on himself. Police have not said how, or if, they were related.

Two of her three children named in the obituary have a last name of Mills.

Saddler bought a home in the Ramblewood subdivision near Sprayberry High School in 2021, and was a board member of the McCleskey Family-East Cobb YMCA, according to the obituary.

She was an attorney who worked for the Morgan and Morgan and John Foy personal injury law firms before starting her own law practice, the Brick Law Firm, in the Cumberland area in 2024.

Saddler grew up in Boston and graduated from the University of Massachusetts, and earned a law degree from the University of Florida.

“In her personal time, she enjoyed running 5Ks, exploring art exhibits, attending comedy shows, and listening to music of all genres, from classical and pop to Haitian kompa,” her obituary states. “Her favorite moments were spent outdoors with her three children, biking, hiking, skating, and traveling together as a family.”

The obituary states that a visitation will precede the memorial service on July 5, and that Saddler will be entombed at Kennesaw Memorial Park.

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