A Chattanooga man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of a Chickamauga man.
On March 14, William Oliver Jones, 39, was found dead on the floor of his home on Highway 136 in Chickamauga, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
A GBI investigation connected Nicholas Antonio Cheaton, 41, to the incident. Cheaton, from Chattanooga, was arrested Friday and charged with murder. He was booked into the Hamilton County Jail and is awaiting extradition to Walker County, according to the news release.
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A woman found Jones at his home and called 911, according to an incident report from the Walker County Sheriff’s Office. She was at Jones’ house to pick up her son. She told the responding officer that she found Jones on the floor with burns.
Jones’ body was taken to the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office, but the autopsy has not been completed, according to the release.
The investigation is ongoing.
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