Investigators gather evidence at Julius “Wayne” Smith’s house on Honeybee Way in Rocky Face, Ga. Smith and a teenage girl were shot to death and his house set ablaze Saturday.
Daniel Densmore was arrested Sunday in Whitfield County ,Ga., and charged in the deaths Rocky Face resident Julius “Wayne” Smith and his guest, a 14-year-old girl from Murray County, Ga. They were shot and Smith’s house was set afire. Police believe the motive was robbery.DALTON, GA. — A man charged with shooting his 61-year-old friend and a 14-year-old girl, then burning their bodies during a botched robbery has a history of stealing money, court records show.
Since 2000, Daniel Lloyd Densmore, 32, has been arrested at least five times on various theft charges in Floyd, Whitfield and Gordon counties, court records show.
Densmore will appear this morning in Whitfield County court to face his latest charges — two counts of felony murder, arson, armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney Kermit McManus said.
Julius Wayne Smith and Krista Denae Babb — who were family friends — were found dead about 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Smith’s burned-down home off Honeybee Way in Whitfield County. Sheriff Scott Chitwood said Sunday that both had been shot before the house was set on fire.
Police said they found Smith’s wallet with Densmore on Saturday night when they searched the Tunnel Hill home where he was living.