A Georgia man who initially reported that his spouse had died by suicide has been charged with felony murder after police grew suspicious that he won’t be telling the complete story.
Troy Newton Scarborough, of Gray, had been in custody since he was arrested in late March on one rely of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
While Scarborough was in custody, police started investigating the loss of life of his spouse, Shyanne Schroeder, the Jones County Sheriff’s Office mentioned on Facebook.
On March 27, police responded to Scarborough and Schroeder’s house, the place they discovered Schroeder with a gunshot wound to the top.
Scarborough claimed Schroeder’s loss of life was a suicide, however the responding deputies “got the feeling that something wasn’t right about this case,” the publish learn.
Officials later mentioned they decided that Scarborough had induced Schroeder’s loss of life and charged him.
In addition to a felony murder cost and a cost of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Scarborough has been charged with a number of counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm throughout the fee of a felony, in keeping with the publish.
“I would like to thank our investigators and deputies for all their hard work, without which there may have been a huge miscarriage of justice,” mentioned Jones County Sheriff R.N. “Butch” Reece, who additionally thanked the FBI for its help.
Scarborough is being held with out bail. Scarborough’s illustration couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.