US/GA/Atlanta – An admitted serial killer from Gwinnett County has confessed to snatching and brutally killing an Atlanta woman who was headed to a bus stop on her way to work a decade ago.
Charles Lee Duffy, 31, of Norcross, pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping Priscilla Culberson, 48, raping and severely beating and strangling her on June 24, 1997. Read More
US/Atlanta/GA – In February, Georgia prosecutors agreed to allow DNA testing of dog and human hair evidence used in the 1982 trial of alleged serial child murderer Wayne Williams. The tests on the dog hair have been completed and, according to District Attorney L. Paul Howard Jr., forensic analysts at the UC Davis lab have been unable to exclude Williams’ dog, a German shepherd mix named Sheba, as a source of hairs recovered from five of the victims. Read More
US/Atlanta/GA – The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of convicted serial killer Reinaldo J. Rivera, 43. In 2004, Rivera confessed to the rape and murder of four women dating back to 1999. The victims were 21-year-old Army Sgt. Marni Glista and three teenage girls: Tabitha Bosdell, Melissa Dingess, and Tiffany Wilson. The state’s highest court ruled unanimously that Rivera received a fair trial and that his crimes justified his sentence.
