A former congressional candidate charged with murder was booked and transferred to the Aiken County Detention Center on Monday after being held at the McDuffie County Jail. 
 
 Kellie Lynn Collins, 31, is charged in the death of Curt Cain, 41, at a residence on Old Powderhouse Road in Aiken. Collins appeared in court Tuesday and requested a public defender to represent her, according to the Aiken County bond court. No bond has been set for Collins, who is also charged with grand larceny. 
 
 An autopsy revealed that Cain was shot and died from loss of blood, according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton. He is believed to have died Aug. 4. 
 
 Collins was a Democratic candidate for Georgia's 10th Congressional District seat in 2018 but withdrew for personal reasons and wasn't on the ballot. Cain was her campaign treasurer, according to a file from the Federal Election Commission. 
 
 Carlton said Saturday he believes the two were married after talking with family members and officials in McDuffie County. He said McDuffie County sheriff’s officials told him that, during interviews, Collins said the two were married. 
 
 Carlton also said Collins was made the beneficiary of Cain's insurance about two to three weeks before his death. 

 The Aiken County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in connection to a murder at a residence on Old Powderhouse Road in Aiken. 
 
 Kellie Lynn Collins, 30, surrendered to authorities in McDuffie County on Tuesday and was charged with murder and grand larceny. The victim was identified as Curt Cain, 41, and found at his residence on the 3000 block of Old Powderhouse Road on Tuesday after his employer requested a well-being check. 
 
 An autopsy revealed that Cain had been shot and died due to loss of blood, according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton. Cain is believed to have died on Saturday. 
 
 Cain's vehicle, a blue Subaru Legacy, and his wife were missing, but law enforcement was able to locate her out of the state, according to Carlton. 
 
 Collins was a Democratic candidate for the 10th Congressional District seat in 2018, but withdrew from the race for personal reasons and wasn't on the ballot. According to a file from the Federal Election Commission, Cain was Collins' treasurer. 
 
 Her former campaign manager, Clayborn Thigpen, said that Cain and Collins were living together in Aiken, but he hadn't talked to them in five months. Thigpen said he was shocked about the murder and arrest because he knew them really well. 
 
 "I didn't think anything like this could have happened," Thigpen said. 
 
 Collins is being held at McDuffie County Jail. The investigation is still ongoing and the death has been ruled a homicide. 
 
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– A former Democratic congressional candidate in Georgia was charged last week with the murder of her campaign treasurer. The former campaign manager for Kellie Lynn Collins, who ultimately dropped out of this year's race for the 10th Congressional District seat, tells the Augusta Chronicle that Collins, 31, had been living with Curt Cain, 41, but that he hadn't spoken to them in five months. Cain was found fatally shot at his apartment Aug. 7 after his employer requested a well-being check; he is believed to have died Aug. 4. Collins later surrendered to authorities. In addition to murder, she was charged with grand larceny. The county coroner says he believes Collins and Cain were married; Collins also said during interviews with authorities that they were married, the Aiken Standard reports. She was made the beneficiary of Cain's insurance policy two to three weeks before he died, the Chronicle reports.