Report: Fourth victim linked to alleged killer of homeless men
Police have identified a fourth victim of a suspected serial killer already linked to the deaths of two homeless men and a Cobb County hairstylist, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Citing police sources, the station reports that Aeman Presley will be charged in the Sept. 27 fatal shooting of Calvin Gholston, a 54-year-old schizophrenic whose body was found in a breezeway at the Spring Mill Village shopping center on Memorial Drive in unincorporated Decatur.
Investigators at the time said Gholston was shot multiple times in what they described as a “brutal homicide.”
Presley, an unemployed actor who had recently returned to the Atlanta area from Los Angeles, is suspected in the deaths of homeless men Dorian Jenkins, Tommy Mims, killed within three days of each other during Thanksgiving week while they were sleeping on Atlanta’s streets, and 44-year-old Karen Pearce, shot to death Dec. 6 in downtown Decatur after having dinner with friends.
Presley was apprehended Thursday by MARTA police at the Georgia State rail station after attempting to jump the fare gates without paying. A loaded revolver and a box of ammunition were found on him matching the .45/.410 revolver – either a Taurus “Judge” or a Smith & Wesson “Governor” – police say was used in the shootings of Jenkins and Mims.
Investigators declined comment on the latest killing attributed to Presley and have thus far provided few details on their investigation.
For a closer look at the suspect, visit myajc.com later this evening or read tomorrow’s print edition. Presley is being held without bond at Fulton County Jail.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
