Donald BossaBetsy Mercer woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of a text message and read that an armed robber could be on the loose in her Gilmer County, Ga., neighborhood.
“There’s been a break-in and shooting within Coosawattee River Resort,” the text message read.
Jumping to her feet, Mercer and her husband ran to lock the doors and windows to their house in the peaceful gated community.
Hours after the alert went out across the 5,550-acre resort early Wednesday morning, neighbors began hearing that the robbery was a hoax.
Police said they believe 76-year-old Donald Bossa tied himself up and pretended he had been robbed to cover up the killing of his wife, Barbara.