Eton, GA Area Cold Cases
Name
Walter CropperAge
20Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
The gbi, adairsville police department and bartow county sheriff's office are seeking information on the murder of a 20 year old federal jobs corps trainee whose body was found near adairsville on october 6, 1992. The victim, walter j. Cropper, was last seen sunday, september 20, 1992 at 1:00 pm in prestonsburg, kentucky. He was seen walking down the road in front of the jobs corps center in prestonsburg. He was to graduate from the jobs corps the next week and return to his home in panama city, florida. On thursday, october 6, 1992, cropper's partially decomposed body was discovered 20 feet from martin luther king, jr., drive which is located about a mile from the intersection of I-75 & highway 140 in adairsville. He had been shot in the chest. Investigators do not believe he was killed at this location. They also think his death occurred the day he disappeared from kentucky - sunday, september 20, 1992. Cropper may have been riding in a 1992 red ford probe. Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the gbi tip line at 1-800-597-tips. Hgt: 5' 8" wgt: 133 lbs. Hair: sandy eyes: blueAgency
Adairsville Police Department
Name
Timothy GrayAge
Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Timothy Gray was last seen in November 2014 in the Harrison, Tennessee area.Agency
Hamilton County Sheriff
Name
Francis CrownoverAge
34Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On December 04, 1987 Officers were dispatched to 6421 Pythian Drive in reference to a missing person. The complainant was Joseph Duenas who stated Miss Crownover had been living with him for about a month and she had some mental problem and he was try to help her out.Investigation identified the victim as:Agency
Hamilton County Sheriff
Name
Paula BurnetteAge
21Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On September 21, 1996 police were dispatched to 6125-A Harrison-Ooltewah Road to take a report on missing person complaint. Bobby Caudill reported that had he had not seen or heard from his daughter Paula Michelle Burnett, since September 17, 1996.Investigation identified the victim as:Agency
Hamilton County Sheriff
Name
Mona DuwaikAge
35Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
August 1997, when 61-year old Omar Ahmad Duwaik called police in New Jersey to report his wife Mona, the mother of his five children, was missing. The Duwaiks had come to New Jersey from the Middle East and detectives learned they filed for divorce in Jordan. Shortly after Omar Ahmed Duwaik reported Mona missing, he remarried.On January 22, 1998, police found the scattered remains of a woman on Old Hunter Road. She had been beaten to death. Investigators spent the next few years combing missing person databases. In March 2003, they located a recently submitted report from Morristown, New Jersey. The 35-year old woman detailed in the report was the same weight, height and age as the unidentified remains found on Old Hunter Road. Dental records confirmed the match.Agency
Hamilton County Sheriff
Name
Dennis MangrumAge
Cause of Death
MurderInfo
On september 21, 2004, dennis mangrum was found murdered and burned to death in a travel trailer at 465 silvers road in chatsworth, georgia.Agency
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Name
Johnny JenkinsAge
45Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Jenkins was shot in a drive-by while traveling north on highway 41. His vehicle struck a tree. Investigators suspect the shooting was a planned attack related to business dealings.Agency
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Name
Walter CropperAge
20Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Cropper's body was found partially decomposed near adairsville. He had been shot in the chest. He was last seen in prestonsburg, kentucky, walking near the jobs corps center on september 20, 1992.Agency
Georgia Bureau of Investigation