GUILTY GA - Rosie Gaskins, 26, murdered, Willacoochee, 7 March 2010

Over the years searchers on horseback combed the woods, fields, and crime scene where Rosie Courdle Gaskins was found shot to death in her car March 7, 2010.

Her heartbroken mother Mattie Courdle told us in 2011 about the last time she saw her daughter. "I remember kissing her on the forehead and saying 'I got to go to work' and I said 'Have fun mud bogging and see you tonight,' and I never got to see her again"...

About 75 searchers knocked on 500 doors, interviewed folks and talked to motorists on the highways to bring awareness to the case. They covered the two square mile town of Willacoochee like a blanket. That includes investigators, firefighters, emergency management agencies, state troopers, and GBI agents.

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he Atkinson County Sheriff's Office confirmed that they have arrested Clarence Bennett Gaskins of Willacoochee for the murder of Rosie Courdle Gaskins...

Clarence Gaskins was married to Rosie Gaskins at the time of her death, but they were separated.

He is being held at Atkinson County Jail awaiting his first court appearance.

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Atkinson Co. Sheriff David Moore has confirmed that Clarence Gaskins was found guilty Thursday, of the 2010 murder of his estranged wife, Rosie Courdle Gaskins.

Gaskins has been sentenced to life plus ten years, says Berrien D.A. Dick Perryman. "I'm so pleased we were able to give the Courdle family some closure and justice, in this horrible, cold and calculated murder of Rosie," he said.

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