In a frantic call, an Atlanta man told a 911 operator that he watched from inside his home as his girlfriend was kidnapped.
“My girlfriend just got out of a car and somebody just came and kidnapped her and left,” Jerry Antoine said during the call. “I just watched her get kidnapped from in front of my house!”
Minutes before, Mariam Abdulrab had called Antoine to tell him she was close to his Burroughs Street home in southeast Atlanta. She never made it inside. Around 5 a.m. Friday, 27-year-old Abdularab was kidnapped and shot to death, according to investigators. Her body was found four hours later on Lakewood Avenue.
Two 911 calls released by Atlanta police this week offered more details into the moments Abdulrab was forced into an SUV and later found dead. Antoine said he watched from a window as a man wearing a security shirt held a gun at Abdulrab. Hours later, another man called 911 after seeing a woman’s body face-down on the ground.
“She does not appear to be breathing,” the man told the 911 operator. “This is somebody’s baby.”
Abdulrab had been shot multiple times, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner.
While the two 911 calls offered eyewitness accounts, no information has been released on a possible motive. Investigators quickly identified the man they say is responsible for the crimes against Abdulrab, an Atlanta bartender. DeMarcus Brinkley was arrested the same morning in Griffin after crashing into another vehicle when officers attempted to stop his SUV, according to police.
Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office
Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office
Brinkley, 27, was injured in the crash and flown to Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, police said. On Saturday, he was charged with murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Atlanta police said.
On Tuesday, he was booked into the Fulton County jail after being released from the hospital. Brinkley is also facing traffic charges related to the crash in Spalding County, the Georgia State Patrol said.
Police did not release details on whether they think Brinkley knew Abdulrab.
In the community where she worked, a mural was created to accompany the memorial for her.
Antoine, an Atlanta rapper known as Germ, posted a picture of the memorial on his Instagram page. He also posted a photo of the couple.
“I love you Mermz,” he wrote. “I don’t know anybody that loved harder than you. You taught me real life lessons.”
The investigation into the Abdularab’s death continues. A GoFundMe page had raised more than $36,000 by Tuesday afternoon to assist her family.
