5 Year Old Found Dead in Oakhurst
Decatur Metro | July 12, 2010UPDATE: Here’s Decatur PD’s press release…
*On Monday July 12, 2010 at approximately 1:00 pm the Decatur Police Department was notified of a possible deceased child at 750 East Lake Drive. Responding officers located the body of a white male juvenile lying on a bed in an upstairs bedroom at that location. The child appeared to be deceased. The residence was also occupied by the child’s father and a juvenile sibling. The child’s father, Gary DeToma, Sr. was taken into custody at the scene and a warrant has been issued charging him with murder.
The police department was notified of the incident by a co-worker of the child’s father, who had gone to the residence to check on the welfare of the father. Officers had responded to the location earlier in the day, in response to a complaint that the children had not been returned from a weekend visit with their father. At that time, no one responded to the officer’s attempts to make contact. The residence was secure and the officers observed nothing suspicious. At this time further investigation of the incident is being conducted by the Decatur Police Department with assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
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I’m posting from a Blackberry but Brian just wrote in and pointed to this tragic story on 11alive. Here’s the link and text. I’ve got a email into Asst. Chief Lee. I’ll clean up the post later.