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Yesterday at 9:24 PM  A babysitter accused in the death of a 6-month-old child made her first court appearance Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  For the second time in a week, Colquitt County court officials have sentenced a defendant for a 2004 quintuple murder.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A Moultrie man is found guilty in the deaths of five people.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Updated with video; Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards says that Tracey Smith has been found guilty during the retrial of a felony murder charge for the 2011 beating death of Jerome Walden.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough reports that investigators with the department’s criminal investigation division and agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are continuing their investigation into a homicide which occurred on Friday, April 26 on Short Street in Tift County.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The Moultrie Observer is reporting that 53-year-old Craig Lee Adams Sr. has pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Updated with video; A Dougherty County Grand Jury indicted 25-year-old Sade Britt on five different charges Wednesday morning in the 2012 murder of Albert Westbrook.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Dawson Police Department have made an arrest in a murder case that just passed it's fifth anniversary.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A Colquitt County grand jury indicted two men last week believed to be responsible for two 2012 murders.

Monday, November 26, 2012  Three arrests have been made in the murder investigation of 38-year-old Cordele resident Cynthia Curtis.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Updated with video; A Lee County man has been found guilty of malice murder in connection to the shooting death of his wife.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and life prison sentence of a Dougherty County man for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old baby boy by shaking him and slamming his head against a hard surface.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  The GBI has charged a man for the weekend stabbing death of 16-year-old Andrew Ford in Cordele.

Friday, March 16, 2012  Updated with video; A murder suspect will go to trial Monday in Albany.

Friday, March 16, 2012  Updated with video; Brian Beasley has been found guilty for what officials call a heinous crime.