Police may close the case of two friends murdered in Georgia. Their families are furious.
Nearly 10 months after two close friends and a neighbor were fatally shot days apart in Georgia, authorities have offered the public few answers about their deaths.
Nearly 10 months after two close friends and a neighbor were fatally shot days apart in Georgia, authorities have offered the public few answers about their deaths. But a relative of one of the victims said police have identified the possible killer and are planning to close the case in a decision that has left her “heartbroken” and “frustrated.”
Therasa Johnson’s younger sister Ronisha “Nikki” Anderson was one of the friends gunned down on March 7 outside the home office where the victims worked in Columbus, Georgia. Johnson said the lead detective investigating the killings told her earlier this month that police were planning to close the case.
According to Johnson, 54, the detective said the evidence pointed to the neighbor, Solomon Adams, who appears to have “snapped” and killed Anderson, 51, and Juantonja Richmond, 52.
The detective, Anthony Locey of the Columbus Police Department, declined to comment on his conversation with Johnson. He said the department plans to release information on the case in the new year.
Another sister of Anderson’s, Joyce Casey, said Locey also told her in a separate phone call in November that the department is planning to close the case. Neither sister has spoken to the detective in recent weeks, and it’s possible police have changed their plans and their view of the investigation.
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