Court upholds ax murder conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court this week upheld the murder conviction against a man who killed a Norcross woman by striking her in the head with an ax shortly before Valentine's Day in 2008.
Shannon Marlow, 36, of Tucker, is now serving life in prison for killing his girlfriend, 47-year-old Patricia Rabold. Police found Rabold's body on the floor of her home after they came looking for Marlow, who had two arrest warrants pending against him. They arrested Marlow, who had been in and out of psychiatric treatment centers since he was 18, after they found him hiding upstairs in the attic, the court's ruling said.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
