Henry County News 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2009

McDonough teen found strangled in apartment near Georgia Southern

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Statesboro police have ruled the death of a 19-year-old woman found dead Tuesday afternoon as a homicide by strangulation.

The body of Brandie Danielle Davis, 19, was found shortly after 3:30 p.m. in the Campus Crossing apartment community in Statesboro, Ga, said police.

WTOC-TV of Savannah said Davis is from McDonough.

The apartment complex is near Georgia Southern University, but Davis is not a student there, WTOC-TV said.

Davis' body was taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in Savannah for the autopsy.

Detectives from the Statesboro Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division are actively invsetigating the situation and said it appears to be an isolated incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Statesboro Police Department's Criminal Investigative Division at 912-764-1542.

--Staff writer Mashaun D. Simon contributed to this report.

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