A man was arrested Monday, a week after officials began investigating the death of his ex-girlfriend, Newton County officials said.
Travis Abbott, 53, of Loganville, is facing charges of murder and concealing the death of another. He was booked into the Walton County Jail and will be transferred to the Newton jail at a later date, authorities said.
Deputies said they began looking into the death of Collette Sease, 54, on March 3, when they responded to a possible drowning in a lake in the 6800 block of Ga. 212 outside of Covington. A preliminary investigation determined the Blairsville woman’s death was a homicide, the Newton sheriff’s office said.
Officials did not say how the woman died but confirmed her body was pulled from the lake, which is surrounded by trees and near Brown Bridge and Oak Hill roads.
On Monday, investigators said they executed a search warrant at a Walton County home on Broadnax Mill Road, off Youth Monroe Road, and took Abbott into custody.
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