A Jonesboro man has been charged in the January death of a Wayne County man, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

On Monday, the GBI secured warrants for Christopher Reginald Sumlin, 31, of Jonesboro in the death of Jerry Lee Davis that occurred Jan. 13, according to a news release. Sumlin was charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children and burglary, the GBI said in the release.

Sumlin already was in custody on charges connected to the death of Bobby Carlton Kicklighter in Glennville.

Three other people have been charged in the Kicklighter case, according to the GBI.

Nathan Weekes, 25, an inmate in Smith State Prison, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and party to a crime in the death of Kicklighter, the GBI said in a release.

Kicklighter, 88, was found shot to death in his home Jan. 30.

Others charged in Kicklighter’s death include Aerial De Shay Murphy, 23, of Vidalia and Keisha Janae Jones, 34, of Ludowici.

The GBI said Weekes has also been involved in contraband smuggling inside the prison.

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