DALTON, Ga. — A Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office captain said Thursday the sheriff’s office won’t be commenting further on a 911 call involving two women two days before they were found dead. The man accused of killing them was indicted on Thursday for two counts of malice murder and is due in Superior Court on Friday for a bond hearing.

Capt. Paul Woods said previously a deputy responded to that call involving Krystal Spainhour, 44, and Judy Potts, 72, but because no crime was deemed to have occurred no incident report was generated. A woman who identified herself as Potts, the mother of Spainhour, told a 911 operator she had hit Michael Brandon Townsend “in the face.”

Woods said Thursday the incident two days before the alleged murders is part of the criminal case against Townsend and that District Attorney Bert Poston had asked the sheriff’s office not to release any further information.

“I’ve talked to Paul Woods … and I consider that to be part of the murder investigation,” Poston said. “If there were a trial, that incident would be part of the evidence. I’ve instructed them not to release anything that would not normally be released on a pending case. I think you already have the 911 call from that incident so that’s probably all you’ll have until the case is resolved.”

Records of law enforcement or prosecutors in a pending investigation or prosecution of a criminal or “unlawful activity” do not have to be released under Georgia’s open records laws except for initial police arrest reports and initial incident reports.

Among the unanswered questions is the manner of death. In a 911 call before the women were found dead at 234 Tanglewood Drive N.E. on Jan. 10, Townsend said he “choked” the women. Sheriff Scott Chitwood said in a press release that each female “had sustained blunt force trauma injuries to their face and suspected stabs/cut wounds to their body.”

Townsend is scheduled to appear before Judge Scott Minter for a bond hearing and a preliminary probation revocation hearing Friday morning. Townsend is on probation for a 2013 drug conviction.

Records show Townsend called 911 shortly after 3 a.m. on Jan. 10 and told an operator, “I need to turn myself in.” He said he “just lost my mind” and “choked” two women after one of the women ”triggered” him. He did not say which woman “triggered” him.

When deputies arrived, the bodies of Spainhour and Potts were found in the house.

Townsend was charged by the sheriff’s office with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Poston said in addition to the indictments for murder, he could possibly seek more charges before the grand jury. Under state law, the case could qualify as a death penalty case because there were two victims. Poston said he has not decided whether he will seek the death penalty if the case goes to trial.

“That is something that I haven’t studied yet or talked to the victims’ family about,” Poston said. “That would be a decision we would have to make before arraignment.”

After Friday’s bond hearing, arraignment for Townsend is expected to be scheduled for April, Poston said. Attempts to contact Public Defender Natalie Glaser, whose office is representing Townsend, were not successful after the end of the business day on Thursday.

According to an incident report from Jan. 10, deputies found Townsend outside of the house in the carport and he was handcuffed without incident. The deputies found blood on the kitchen floor and a woman — Townsend told 911 it was Spainhour — lying on a couch with dried blood on her face and the other woman lying in a bed in the rear bedroom.

Spainhour called 911 on the afternoon of Jan. 8, telling an operator, “I need the police,” and that Townsend was arguing with her and her mother.

“I have hit him in the face and if he keeps it up I might do it again, me and my daughter can’t handle this no more,” Potts told the 911 operator. “We just need to be safe because he’s coming to us like he’s doing right now, hollering and screaming.”

The 911 operator asked early in the call if the man had hit anyone. Spainhour responded, “No, but he’s been getting in our (sounds like the word ‘faces’).”