A man has been arrested and charged with felony murder and a probation violation after a dead woman was found lying in the middle of Highway 299 in Dade County, Georgia, on Friday.
The suspect, Jeremiah Christopher Douglas, is a registered sex offender who resides in Wildwood, a city in Dade County, Sheriff Ray Cross said during a news conference Monday afternoon. The victim was a 23-year-old woman.
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According to Cross, witness interviews and video footage provided by nearby businesses led to Douglas’ arrest Saturday, a day after law enforcement first received calls about a woman who appeared to be injured lying in the middle of the highway. There are a number of witnesses involved in the case, he said, including two who spoke to police in the half-hour leading up to the news conference.
“When this happened, she was apparently pushed out of a moving vehicle, and he fled the scene,” Cross said.