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INTERACTIVE TIMELINE

Explore 50 years of the Presnell death row case

An interactive timeline traces what's happened in the five decades since the tragic crimes back in May 1976.

Death Row

2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.

Virgil Presnell is Georgia’s longest-serving death row inmate after killing a young girl 50 years ago. His other Atlanta kidnapping victim still lives with the consequences.

Georgia Party Shooting

‘Everybody’s packing’: After mass shooting, Georgia town hunts for answers

Residents in rural Georgia town of Vienna recount mass shooting that killed two and injured 35, speculate on what triggered it as authorities search for clues.

Five found dead in South Georgia home

5 dead after shooting at South Georgia home, police say

Georgia Party Shooting

17-year-old charged in Georgia shooting that killed 2, injured 35

Atlanta attorneys for Secoriea Turners family call on Rick Jackson to stop using her likeness.

‘Take it down’: Secoriea Turner’s family condemns new Rick Jackson ad

FBI Raid Wrong House

Atlanta family’s landmark case against FBI revived by federal judges

DeKalb DA announces indictment in a 2011 cold-case sexual assaults by an ex-police officer

DNA from federal arrest ties ex-DeKalb officer to cold case rape, DA says

Georgia Party Shooting

New details in Georgia mass shooting: 10 of 35 injured had no gunshot wounds

Piedmont University Nursing Facility

Buffalo man arrested, accused of threatening to kill Mike Collins, sheriff says

Death penalty injunction hearing
INTERACTIVE TIMELINE

Explore 50 years of the Presnell death row case

Death Row

2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.

Georgia Party Shooting

‘Everybody’s packing’: After mass shooting, Georgia town hunts for answers