Former Cop Charged with Kidnapping & Killing Teen Girl Searched How Long a Body Takes to Decompose
Court
Miles Bryant declined to testify on his own behalf on Tuesday. Closing arguments are set for Wednesday.
Murder
June 9, 2024
Former Georgia Beauty Queen Indicted for Murder of Boyfriend’s 18-Month-Old Son
A former Georgia beauty queen has been indicted for the murder of her boyfriend’s 18-month-old son. Trinity Poague, the former Miss Donalsonville, faces six counts: malice murder, cruelty to children, and two counts each of felony murder and aggravated battery, according to the indictment handed down late last month. Poague was initially arrested in January …
Death investigation
June 6, 2024
Family Seeks Answers After Recent Medical School Graduate Found Dead From Gunshot Wound
Family and friends of a recent Morehouse College of Medicine graduate are demanding a thorough investigation after she was found dead in a wooded area last week. DeKalb County Police say that Diamond Clarke, 28, was last seen at her home in Decatur on May 28. Her boyfriend told them the two argued, Clarke left, …
June 4, 2024
12-Year-Old North Georgia Girl Missing for a Week
Authorities in north Georgia are looking for a 12-year-old girl who disappeared from her Gainesville home last week. Maria Gomez-Perez is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall about 100 to 110 pounds with long black hair and brown eyes, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. She was last seen at her home at …
May 31, 2024
Georgia County Sheriff Arrested for Sexual Battery, Public Indecency
The sheriff of a mountainous north Georgia county has been arrested and charged with sexual battery, public indecency, and violation of his oath. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols, 45, turned himself in on Friday and was bookedinto the Rabun County Detention Center. The state agency said it was asked …
Vehicle crash
May 25, 2024
11-Year-Old Girl Killed in Crash After 2-State Pursuit
A 2-state police chase this week ended in a roll-over crash that ejected an 11-year-old girl in the fleeing vehicle, killing her. According to the Valdosta Daily Times, Lowndes County, Georgia, deputies spotted an SUV headed south on Interstate 75 and initiated a pursuit the eventually led across the state line into Florida, where Hamilton …
Custody interference
May 21, 2024
LOCATED: 9-Year-Old Georgia Boy Reportedly Taken by Non-Custodial Mom Found
Update 8:55p.m.: Newton County officials said they had located the missing boy and taken his mother into custody. No further information was available. Original story: Georgia police are looking for a mother they say kidnapped her 9-year-old son from school Tuesday morning. The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said that 24-year-0od Mya Mechelle Favors lost her …
Murder
May 19, 2024
Georgia College Student Gunned Down In Front of Residential Complex
A Georgia college junior was shot and killed Saturday during an argument in front of a campus residential complex. Kennesaw State University identified the victim as Alasia Franklin, 21. She was pursuing a career in nursing, her father, Bobby Franklin, told WXIA. Campus police issued a shelter-in-place alert for the campus, northwest of Atlanta in …
Murder
May 16, 2024
Movie Crew Finds Woman Shot to Death at Atlanta Bus Stop
A movie production crew found the body of a woman shot multiple times at a transit bus stop near an interestate overpass in northwest Atlanta early Thursday morning. Atlanta police said their officers were flagged down just before 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Collier Drive NW and Harwell Road NW for the unresponsive woman. …
Murder
May 15, 2024
Boyfriend Kills Georgia Woman When She Learns He Secretly Married Another Woman; Now He and His Wife Are Behind Bars
A Georgia mother who disappeared in late March has been found dead in Tennessee — and her live-in boyfriend and father of her child is facing murder and other charges. Clayton County Police Lt. Ashanti Barbury said that Michale Edwards apparently choked Briana Winston to death on March 17, put her body in a suitcase, …
Rape
May 13, 2024
Ride Share Driver Charged With Rape, Burglary at Rider’s Home
Police in Georgia say they’ve arrested a ride share driver on charges of rape and burglary. According to Sandy Springs police, Le’Myrious Monaye Dawson dropped a woman off at her home at about 2:30 a.m. on May 5, then broke into her home, raped her, and stole several items, WSB reported. Investigators tracked himto the …
Murder-Suicide
May 10, 2024
Police Identify 3 Children Slain in Murder-Suicide at Georgia Park
Georgia authorities have identified a man and three children found dead in a park early Wednesday morning in an apparent murder suicide. The man was 56-year-old Jose Plasencia, and he was the ex-partner of the mother of the three children but not their father, WXIA reported. The children were identified as Arianny Rodriguez, 13; Carlos …