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Curtis Compton

Photojournalist

Curtis Compton is a veteran photojournalist formerly with United Press International. For the last 18 years he has worked as a photo editor and staff photographer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution covering news, breaking news, sports and features.

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The dead child was identified by her father, Shelton Ray, as Sasha Lamaya Ray.

2-year-old girl killed in DeKalb

The family of a toddler found dead behind her home said the girl’s 13-year-old stepsister will be charged with her death, Channel 2 Action News reported.DeKalb County police were investigating the death of 2-year-old Sasha Lamaya Ray on Monday. But police had not confirmed the teenager’s arrest late Monday.The teenager ...

Illegal immigrants sit on board a deportation flight out of Atlanta on their way to Mexico. “I’m scared to death,” said Salvador Alejandro Hernandez, one of the passengers.

U.S. in talks to deport deeper inside Mexico

The United States and Mexico are negotiating plans to start deporting criminal illegal immigrants deep into Mexico rather than releasing them at the border, hoping to stop adding to the criminal chaos south of the border.Some possible outcomes are fewer repeat illegal border crossings and fewer deportations flights originating from ...

Gabriella Taddeo, the mother of Mario Taddeo, right, leaves the Gwinnett Police Headquarters after being reunited with her missing son on Tuesday. A unidentified woman, left, accompaniedTaddeo and drove her away from police headquarters.

Missing Gwinnett boy, two brothers, taken from mom's custody

The Gwinnett County boy whose disappearance Monday triggered an overnight search with a helicopter and dogs turned up safe at an adult friend's house.By the end of Tuesday, the adult who harbored 10-year-old Mario Taddeo and allegedly lied to police about it was facing a criminal charge, and Mario and ...

Not quite a month old, three peregrine falcon nestlings huddle together to keep warm as they wait for their parents to return to their balcony planter nest with their next meal on top of the SunTrust Plaza skyscraper in Atlanta.

Peregrines ruling downtown roost

Celebrity downtowners Kate and Spencer are parents again, maintaining their high style from their 53rd-story digs while Atlantans wonder from below how they live so well.The secret? Fresh air, exercise and plenty of raw bird.Kate and Spencer, two rare peregrine falcons named after film stars Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy ...