A decades-old investigation in Georgia into the murder of a black
man in 1983 culminated in the arrests of five white people on Friday,
including two law enforcement officers charged with hindering the probe,
officials said.
The body of Timothy Coggins, 23, was found on
Oct. 9, 1983, in a grassy area near power lines in the community of
Sunnyside, about 30 miles south of downtown Atlanta.
He had been “brutally murdered” and his body had signs of trauma, the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Investigators spoke to people who knew Coggins, but the
investigation went cold, Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said at a
news conference.
This past March, new evidence led
investigators from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Spalding
County to re-examine the case.
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Source: NBC News
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