Investigators in Georgia announced late Thursday night that 12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez, missing since May, had been found in another state. “Maria is safe and OK,” the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Facebook. The department did not say where the girl was found, adding that “additional updates on the recovery are not …
A 17-year-old Georgia girl was found dead over the weekend, and the man suspected of killing her is in critical condition with a gunshot wound. Savannah Police said they were called to the home of Maria Pollock Saturday night on a report of gunshot, WJCL reported. Maurice Pollock, 43, was found at the scene with …
Georgia sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a fetus was found in a dumpster at a Grovetown Walmart on Tuesday. Columbia County Sheriff’s Major Steve Morris told the Augusta Chronicle the department was called shortly before 6 p.m. The fetus is being sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for an autopsy, he said. Officials know …
A 20-year-old Georgia man has been charged with murder in the death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, 16-year-old Mia Campos. Gwinnett County Police upgraded charges against Jesus Monroy on Tuesday to malice murder, felony murder, feticide, and aggravated assault, WXIA reported. Monroy was initially charged with lying to police after Campos’s family found her body on …
A missing Georgia woman was found dead in the back seat of a car at an Atlanta transit station on Friday, nearly two years after the unsolved murder of her 13-year-old son in neighboring DeKalb County. Chanell Crosby, 35, was reported missing by Atlanta Police Thursday night. Investigators said her family had last seen her …
An 85-year-old Georgia man has been charged with shooting his 60-year-old son to death in front of dozens of witnesses during a fishing tournament on the family’s property. Wayne Eaton was taken into custody early Friday evening, according to Covington Police. Family members told WSB that the shooting took place inside a bait shop by …
A Georgia grandmother called 911 last week, hoping to have Carroll County deputies talk with her 10-year-old grandson about riding his bike on a busy highway, but the story ends with the arrest of the child’s parents. When the deputy arrived on the scene, he found three minor children home alone and the grandmother next …
Three people have been arrested months after a missing, 20-year-old Georgia woman was found dead in Tennessee. The three suspects have been charged with concealing a death, WANF reported. Maury-Ange Faith Martinez was reported missing in August 2023. She was last seen leaving the county jail in Gwinnett County, but her last known location was …
Two former Georgia school employees have been indicted for allegedly have sexual relations with students. Court documents say Railey Greeson and Brooklyn Schuler were indicted last week on for having sex with students between October 2021 and January 2022, WXIA reported. Greeson was indicted on two counts for having sex with two different male students, …
A 15-year-old Georgia boy has been charged with the murder of his 52-year-old grandmother. Valdosta Police said that its officers responded to a 911 call Saturday afternoon and found Nita Ann Luke dead “and covered in blood, with obvious signs of trauma to her body.” Officers found evidence indicating the possibly involvement of Luke’s grandson …
An Indiana man has been charged with the brutal murder of his ex-wife, a surgical resident at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, who was found brutally murdered in her apartment on Sunday. Samantha Woolery’s co-workers went to check on her when she didn’t show up for work and found her apartment door closed …
A north Georgia sheriff’s deputy was fired from his job Tuesday when he was arrested on federal child exploitation and pornography charges. Steven Bunte was arrested at his home in Gordon County by federal investigators. Cherokee County officials said he’d been employed by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office for five years, assigned to the Adult …
