Walker County woman found strangled in woods was pregnant at time of death

David Ryan Walker

Candace Hankins

The woman found strangled in the woods in Walker County was pregnant at the time of her death, according to an autopsy.

David Ryan Walker, her then-boyfriend who police have charged with her death, could face additional charges, according to a news release from Sheriff Steve Wilson.

Walker remains in the Walker County Detention Facility.

He has already been charged with killing Hankins and dumping her body in the woods near the house where they lived just outside Lafayette, Georgia.

Authorities believe the killing took place inside the house and that Walker then wrapped Hankins’ body in a blanket and dragged it into the woods about 75 yards from the house, Wilson said.