Kathy Irene StricklandA second arrest has been made in the case of a Georgia man accused of killing his brother and father and shooting his mother.
Police believe that, after the April 29 shooting deaths of his brother and father at their home on Dude Street, 27-year-old Emilio Canales Jr. called his aunt and asked her to pick him up at a Walgreen’s in Dalton.
Kathy Strickland, of Dalton, drove her nephew to a home on Sparks Lane, then went to her sister’s house on Dude Street, where she was met by investigators, Dalton Police spokesman Bruce Frazier said. Her sister, Deborah Canales, was wounded in the same shooting that killed Emilio Canales Sr. and Francisco Canales.
When Strickland was questioned about her nephew, she told investigators she didn’t know where he was and that she hadn’t seen him the day of the shooting, Frazier said.
Police believe she lied and she was arrested and charged with making false statements to police, hindering the apprehension of a criminal and obstruction, Frazier said. Police don’t believe she was an accomplice in the killings, he said.