GUILTY GA - Candice Parchment, 15, murdered, Clayton County, 28 April 2010

In November 2010, investigators found Parchment's remains underneath and old mattress in a wooded area near her home, but found few clues about who had committed the crime.

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By Marcus K. Garner
Posted: 2:39 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2013

Marshae O’Brian Hickman was found guilty on 12 charges, including malice murder and criminal attempted rape, from two separate incidents connected with the 2010 death of 15-year-old Candice Parchment.
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In addition to murder and attempted rape, the jury also found Hickman guilty of involuntary manslaughter, four counts of aggravated assault – two for each incident – aggravated battery, false imprisonment, felony murder and concealing a death.
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Hickman faces multiple life sentences. A sentencing hearing will be held on April 26 at 8:30 a.m.

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By Marcus K. Garner

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A convicted Clayton County murderer whom police identified by his victim’s diary was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 20 years.

Marshae O’Brian Hickman was also sentenced to a 50-year prison term to run at the same time as the murder sentencing for attacking and trying to rape Candice Parchment months before he killed her in 2010.

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