A 77-year-old Atlanta woman was stabbed to death on Saturday, apparently when she interrupted a suspect trying to steal her Lexus SUV. Eleanor “Ellen” J. Bowles was found dead by her son, who arrived home for the holidays, at her home in Atlanta’s tony Buckhead neighborhood, just a mile from the Georgia governor’s mansion. Atlanta …
A 2-year-old boy kidnapped by his non-custodial father in September was recovered in Puerto Rico this week and two people were arrested. The U.S.Marshals Service said that London Stephens picked up the boy from a daycare facility in Oakwood, Georgia, on September 28. He was supposed to return him to the facility on October 3, …
A woman found dead after a house fire in Atlanta earlier this month was stabbed several times and her neck was slashed, police said. WXIA reported that two people were found dead inside the home: Lola Bell Thomas, the homeowner, and her nephew, Bobby Grubbs. Thomas was the victim of a homicide, the Fulton County …
A Georgia man has been charged with killing his wife’s divorce attorney and setting the man’s office on fire. Authorities found attorney Douglas Lewis dead inside his Lawrenceville office building after fire crews put out a fire there late Wednesday afternoon, WSB reported. Officials said they saw a man walking away from the scene with …
Police in a northern Atlanta suburb are asking for help finding a 59-year-old man who suffers from memory loss. The Cobb County Police Department said that Victor Roberts was last seen by his wife on Monday at 6:30 a.m., traveling in a white 2010 Mazda CX-9 with Georgia tag number BNE 2112. The tag number …
A Georgia State University student was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in what police said was a “targeted incident” at a gas station near the downtown Atlanta campus. The call came in at 4:30 p.m., Atlanta police said. The victim was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, but he died from his injuries, according to …
A Georgia man suspected of kidnapping his daughter killed her and then himself after he crashed his car during a police chase. The Clayton County Police Department said the incident began around 9:30 p.m. when police from nearby Henry County asked them for a welfare check at a home following reports of a domestic dispute …
A Georgia woman arrested for the murder of her toddler son was ordered held without bail on Wednesday in a Chatham County Court. Leilani Simon did not appear at the bond hearing but is expected at a preliminary hearing set for January 11, 2023, when prosecutors will likely present some of the findings that led …
A former teacher who has already pleaded guilty to raping a student in one Georgia county is set to go on trial Monday in another county. Robert Vandel pleaded guilty in May to rape, aggravated child molestation, false imprisonment, and two counts of child molestation during his time at Lyndon Academy in Roswell, where he …
A Georgia teen missing since June 14 has been located and reunited with her family. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office made the announcement Monday afternoon that Kaylee Jones, 17, had been found safe. They provided no further information. Kaylee, who has autism and requires special medication, was 16 when she was last seen in Carrollton …
Detectives working the unsolved murder of a 13-year-old Georgia boy last week released a video showing the boy caught on a backyard camera walking with another person about an hour after he was last seen alive. Jamiren Crosby’s body was found in the woods behind a townhome in Lithonia on September 19 by a woman …
Authorities in North Georgia are searching for a man who shot his wife in the back and fled into the woods. Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said that John Robert Wells, 49, and his wife arrived unannounced early Thursday morning at a home in the Villanow community of Lafayette, where their children were staying. The …
