The Georgia mother accused of killing her toddler son and tossing his body into a dumpster was arraigned Thursday morning on 19 counts, including three counts of murder, and ordered held without bond at a hearing in Savannah. Leilani Simon, 23, was arrested on November 21, six weeks after she reported 22-month-old Quinton Simon missing …
Attorneys for the Georgia woman accused of killing her toddler son last fall and tossing his body in a garbage dumpster have asked the judge in the case to throw out the three murder chargers against her. Leilani Simon, 23, is due in court on Thursday for a bond hearing and arraignment on charges that …
A beloved Georgia mom and entrepreneur was shot to death Wednesday night by her husband after years of domestic strife, police say. Commen Gunn, 48, ran a children’s boutique in Augusta, organized the Augusta Legends Awards, the Augusta Grammys, and a pop-up shop for the Masters golf tournament, according to Ronic West of the Augusta …
An award-winning Georgia bookstore owner was found dead, floating in a creek over the weekend, just hours after friends noticed the front door to her home wide open and called police. A fisherman found the body of 40-year-old Erica Atkins in Cedar Creek, several miles from her Locust Grove home on Sunday. Investigators identified an …
A Georgia man wanted for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Forest Park house and shooting her last month has been arrested in another county. Clayton County Police put Quadre Glover on its “most wanted list” after the Febraury 21 incident. Deputies said Glover texted his former girlfriend that he would kill her and anyone with her, …
A former Georgia police officer charged with the death of a 16-year-old girl last summer is now facing new charges of burglary in another jurisdiction, where a woman says he stalked her and broke into her apartment on at least one occasion. Miles Bryant, 22, is in jail charged with kidnapping and killing Susana Morales …
A Mattie’s Call has been issued in Georgia for a 9-month-old baby girl and a 38-year-old man diagnosed with a mental illness. A Mattie’s Call is Georgia’s alert system for missing elderly or disabled people. Family members said Chastin Brinkley borrowed a truck and left with baby Iva Murray late Friday night in the Ellenwood …
The rape and murder of a 23-year-old Georgia woman in 1989 has been solved with the help of genealogical DNA. Larry Padgett, 59, was arrested earlier this week in Loogootee, Indiana, where he now lives, for the murder of Mary Louicile Willfong, whose body was found by deer hunters on November 21, 1989, along Johnstonville …
A former Goergia police officer already charged with concealing the death of a 16-year-old girl and filing a false report has now been charged with her kidnapping and murder. Susana Morales never made it home on July 26 after texting her mother to say she was on her way. Her body was found earlier this …
A Georgia woman was arrested this week after she drove her SUV into a Popeye’s fast food restaurant because she was angry her order did not have any biscuits. The location’s manager told the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office that the mistake was corrected and 50-year-old Belinda H. Miller got her missing biscuits, but she drove …
A 15-year-old girl was found dead from an apparent head injury in her metropolitan Atlanta apartment on Tuesday, and investigators say it’s a homicide. Peachtree City Police said that girl’s mother found her at about 6 a.m. in her bed, WAGA reported. “The girl was last seen alive Monday evening,” Assistant Chief Matt Meyers told …
