Found Deceased GA - Elijah Smith, 16, Alpharetta, 13 June 2017 *Arrests*

The Twiggs County Sheriff, Darren Mitchum, says they got a call from the Alpharetta Police Department around 3 a.m. Friday morning. Mitchum says the Alpharetta Police Department told him the missing man could be in Twiggs County on Glover Road.

He and two investigators spent an hour combing through the woods on Glover Road until they found the body Friday afternoon. Sheriff Mitchum says he thinks the person has been missing since early this week.
"It was decomposing very fast due to the weather. I believe this person has been here since...probably since Tuesday or Wednesday. Foul play is suspected,” says Sheriff Mitchum.

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It has now been positively identified as the young man missing from Alpharetta, though the identity has not yet been released pending notification of family

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Darling136 said:

http://wgxa.tv/news/local/body-found-in-twiggs-county-may-be-person-missing-from-alpharetta

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Police say they have charged two people in the murder of a missing Alpharetta teen, whose body was discovered Friday near Macon.

The body of Elijah Smith was located in Twiggs County on Glover Road, authorities confirmed Saturday. Police say they arrested Deri Bonaventura-Flores, 19, and Hali Karlan, 20, in connection with Smith's murder.

Police said Saturday that Karlan and Flores met with Smith at the Extended Stay Hotel on June 13. The three left the hotel in a vehicle that night and, shortly after, Smith was shot and killed inside the vehicle at an address on Old Milton Parkway near the hotel.
Police say Karlan and Flores then drove Smith's body to Twiggs County, where they dumped him in a wooded area off Glover Road. Authorities located the body after receiving a tip on June 15.

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Karlan is being held at the Fulton County Jail. Flores remains in custody at the Polk County Jail on an unrelated charge with a hold placed by the Alpharetta Police Department.

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Gardener1850 said:

[h=1]Missing Alpharetta teen's body found near Macon; 2 charged[/h]

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/262133376-story

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