An ex-Georgia police officer has been charged in connection to the demise of a lacking teenager after an arrest warrant alleged he dumped the lady’s physique within the woods.
Miles Bryant, who labored as an officer for the Metropolis of Doraville Police Division, was arrested Monday in reference to the demise of 16-year-old Susana Morales, the Gwinnett County Police Division stated in a information launch.
Doraville, an Atlanta suburb, neighbors Gwinnett County, the place police there stated the lady’s stays have been discovered on Feb. 6.
The 22-year-old Bryant, who’s not with the division, faces costs together with falsely reporting against the law and concealing the demise of one other individual, Gwinnett County jail information present.
He remained incarcerated on Wednesday with out bond.
What we all know in regards to the case up to now
Gwinnett police stated Morales’ household instructed the division the teenager disappeared the night time of July 26. Her mobile phone and video footage confirmed her strolling within the course of her residence, police stated, however detectives have motive to imagine she might have gotten right into a automobile.
Morales’ physique was discovered, police stated, after officers acquired a name from a passerby who stated they noticed what they believed to be human stays within the woods.
Arrest warrants within the case, revealed the next allegations about Bryant:
- He lived in Norcross, close to the situation the place Morales’ lived and went lacking
- He didn’t have a recognized relationship with the girl
- He dumped Morales’ bare physique within the woods
- He beforehand gave a false report on July 27 that his private automobile had been damaged into and a gun had been taken from inside
Stays ID’d
The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Workplace recognized the human stays as Morales final week, officers stated.
Though Doraville metropolis officers reported Bryant was not with the division, they didn’t say whether or not he was fired or resigned.
“The Metropolis of Doraville and its police division “are totally cooperating with the Gwinnett Police Division in its investigation of Mr. Bryant,” Doraville police launched in a press release on Fb. “Our prayers relaxation with the household and pals of Susana Morales and everybody else affected by this tragedy.”
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