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Thursday, January 03, 2013  Tracy LaShawn Smith was indicted in September of 2011 along with two co-defendants for the murder of Jerome Walden.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012  Updated with video; A man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and cellmate has been scheduled to die for his crimes.

Friday, September 23, 2011  Georgia has the dubious honor of being the sixth highest ranked state for men killing women.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  An Ohio man accused of murdering an elderly couple and dumping their bodies in Southwest Georgia has agreed to a plea deal.

Thursday, January 06, 2011  Cordele police spokeswoman Sandy MacNeil tells FOX 31 News that 72-year-old Mamie Evelyn Wright was shot three times Wednesday morning inside her home at 106 North 13th Street.

Monday, November 22, 2010  The family of an Atlanta man who was shot and killed outside his son’s preschool last Thursday is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible, reported the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010  The murder trial of three defendants charged in the January murder of an Albany man continued today. 22-year-old Tavaress Jackson, 19-year-old Kendrick Sanders, and 19-year-old Lakeisha White are accused of murdering 24-year-old Dominic King.

Friday, March 12, 2010  Albany police say they are not releasing any information regarding the death of a Florida man found dead in his SUV on Thursday.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010  Georgia prosecutors are challenging a 29-year-old decision that bans the state from pursuing murder charges against some crime suspects.

Thursday, December 10, 2009  Three men and two women have been arrested in connection with a double homicide in Cobb County.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009  Albany police say 58-year-old Johnnie Williams was discovered inside her home this morning stabbed multiple times.

Monday, November 02, 2009  Savannah area police have arrested a 69-year-old in the shooting death of his wife of more than 40 years.

Tuesday, September 01, 2009  Police have identified the eight people killed in a mobile home in the coastal Georgia city of Brunswick.

Friday, August 14, 2009  The great-nephew of a woman robbed and shot to death in her home two years ago is on trial for her murder in Tift County.