A search is underway for a Georgia college student who reportedly vanished on Valentine’s Day. WSB-TV reported that Fort Valley State University student Anitra Gunn, 23, was last seen at 11:30 a.m. on Friday near Chestnut Hill Road in Fort Valley, a town about 30 miles southwest of Macon in central Georgia. The missing woman’s …
A Georgia police officer was arrested for murder on Wednesday for allegedly fatally shooting his wife and claiming she had killed herself. Six days before Amanda Perrault, 44, was found dead in her home, her husband, Eatonton police Officer Michael Perrault, 43, was charged with simple battery, family violence, and cruelty to children for an …
An unlicensed Georgia daycare provider was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for the 2011 death of an 11-month-old baby who suffered a fractured back and extreme blood loss while in her care. Though Maria Owens, 51, was convicted of killing Jayden Kelly six years earlier, her felony murder conviction was reversed, sparking a …
Her killer, a traveling carny, died in 1988 while serving a life sentence for her murder
A Georgia woman who worked for Whole Foods Market was reportedly found dead in her job’s bathroom on Monday morning. Citing the Kennesaw Police Department, the Marietta Daily Journal reported that Leslie Kochensparger’s cause of death remains undetermined. Kochensparger, 31, was found dead in the Kennesaw grocery store’s bathroom at 7 a.m., when a male …
Authorities in Georgia have revealed that about 29 sex offenders in one county are unaccounted for as the year comes to a close. Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office told WXIA that they made the discovery while verifying the addresses of 535 offenders who live in the county. Police said the missing offenders either failed to check-in …
A Georgia mother was arrested at her 11-year-old son’s middle school on Monday after she allegedly threatened to shoot students who were bullying him. WSB-TV reported that Cirea Oliver, 29, was jailed on terroristic threat charges for a 40-minute Facebook Live video in which she blamed parents, teachers, and students for her son’s bullying. Oliver …
A Georgia woman is accused of leaving her 14-year-old son with mental disabilities outside of a hospital last week. Diana Elliott, 37, reportedly entered at Grady Memorial Hospital with her son but left him outside the building and took off in a red minivan without him. The 14-year-old appeared malnourished, and police said he appeared …
A youth pastor who reportedly slapped a Georgia television reporter’s backside while she was live on the air is speaking out as the video garners millions of views. Jogger Tommy Callaway, 43, was reportedly filmed assaulting WSAV-TV’s Alex Bozarjian as she covered the Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run on Saturday. As the video clip gained national …
A 16-year-old boy in Georgia allegedly shot and killed his younger girlfriend last week and left her to die in her yard. Citing Savannah police, WJCL reported that Jeremiah Seaton walked into the police precinct on Friday night and admitted to shooting his 13-year-old girlfriend, Le’Meya Mitchell. Earlier that day, Mitchell’s mother, April Jones, reportedly …
A missing Georgia woman who reportedly vanished while en route to a doctor’s appointment last week has been found alive and is facing criminal charges in connection with her own disappearance. According to WFLA, Haralson County police initially said Alecia Newsome, 22, disappeared sometime on Wednesday, around the time she texted her mother that she …
Update Reports have indicated that Linda Tyron has been found safe in the Athens, Georgia, area. Original story Authorities in Georgia are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman who they said vanished last week during a college football game. In a Facebook post, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department said Linda Tryon, 42, …
