ROME, Ga. (AP) - Three men have been charged with murder in the deaths of two women whose bodies were discovered underneath a bridge in Georgia, according to authorities.
Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, Devin Lashawn Watts, 36, and Christopher Leedarius Pullen, 23, are accused of killing Vanita Richardson, 18, and Clarice Truvenia Campbell, 30, in May, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday.
The women were found below a bridge in Rome over the Etowah River and were thought to have been in Richardson’s car before they were killed, authorities have said. The vehicle remained missing until investigators recently recovered it in South Fulton, the agency said Thursday.
Brown was charged with obstruction of a police officer and Watts was charged with theft and a firearm charge about a week after the victims were found, news outlets reported at the time.
Brown and Watts are now charged with malice murder and firearms violations, and they and Pullen are also charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, theft, evidence tampering, making false statements and writings and abandonment of a dead body.
All three were in jail Thursday, the agency said. It was unclear whether they had attorneys who could comment for them.
Authorities did not comment further on the circumstances surrounding the killings.
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