Bond Denied For Man Charged In Wife's Shooting Death

WOODSTOCK, GA -- The man accused of fatally shooting his wife as she drove an SUV along a major highway in Woodstock will remain behind bars.

Darrell L. Eaker II, 43, was denied bond Thursday by a Cherokee County Magistrate Court judge. He will remain at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center, Cherokee Sheriff's Office spokesperson Lt. Jay Baker said.

Woodstock police detectives charged Eaker, a Ball Ground resident, with one count each of malice murder and aggravated assault following the shooting.

According to police, 43-year-old Audra Eaker was fatally shot as she drove a 2011 gray Ford Edge westbound along Highway 92 at Indian Valley Drive. Darrell Eaker, police added, was in the front passenger seat at the time of the shooting.

Woodstock police spokesperson Brittany Duncan previously told Patch that the couple was "married, but separated" at the time of the fatal shooting. She also said it's unknown the destination the Eakers were traveling to when the shooting took place.

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