Idiot of the Week: Walton County double homicide

This week's spotlight is on a 63 year old man who was filled with anger.  He murdered his wife and daughter over an argument. This is a sickening story, but also a caution to people about others who follow the cult that helped fuel his anger. 

911 calls reveal chaotic moments after Walton County double homicide

Channel 11, June 27, 2026,

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. — The 911 calls released Friday provide new insight into the moments after a fatal shooting in Walton County that left a mother and daughter dead and resulted in murder charges against the family's patriarch.

Investigators say Ralph Mincey fatally shot his wife, Jennifer Mincey, and their daughter, Amanda McBrayer, outside the family's home Wednesday night before calling 911. Authorities arrested Mincey at the scene. 

Deputies arrived to find McBrayer already dead. Jennifer Mincey was rushed to the hospital, where she later died. Mincey called 911 himself: “I just shot my daughter and my wife of 38 years.” Asked if they were still breathing, he said, “No, it don’t look like it. It was a nine millimeter right straight to the head.” 

In one of the newly released calls, Amanda McBrayer's husband, Adam McGrath, told a dispatcher he fled the scene after witnessing the shooting.

"I literally ran away because I had two kids I've got to protect, and I'm scared to go back up there," McGrath said.

McGrath told dispatchers he believed the violence began after an argument between his wife and her father. According to the call, he said he brought his wife to her parents' home after she asked to be taken there.

"My wife was drunk, she was upset, she wanted me to bring her home," McGrath told the dispatcher. "So I brought her to her parent's house and then she got into it with her dad and her dad said, 'I've got a gun... I'm gonna pull the (bleep) trigger,' then shot her in the head. Then he grabbed his wife by the throat, threw her down and threatened to kill her too."

As deputies responded, dispatchers received another 911 call, this one from Ralph Mincey.

"My wife had told my daughter that I didn't take care of my mother. I do every day, and yeah, I just... I just shot my daughter and my wife of 38 years," Mincey told the dispatcher.

When asked whether the victims were still breathing, Mincey replied, "No, it don't look like it. It was a nine millimeter right straight to the head."

According to the Walton County Sheriff's Office, Jennifer Mincey was transported to a hospital, where she later died. Amanda McBrayer was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jail records show Ralph Mincey is charged with two counts of murder, along with several additional felony charges.

During the 911 call, Mincey also told the dispatcher he "lost it" after an argument.

Mincey’s public Facebook shows a decade expressing the kind of grievance that eventually led to violence — Confederate flag memes, “there are more of us than you can possibly imagine,” complaints about Confederate history being “erased,” posts fantasizing about a reckoning against “Democrats and Liberals,” and a defiant “I will NOT apologize” declaration for supporting Trump. 

The warning signs are usually there. Save yourselves and get out before it’s too late.