DA to hunt demise penalty in Kennesaw nation membership murders
The Cobb County District Legal professional mentioned his workplace plans to hunt the demise penalty in opposition to these charged within the murders of three individuals discovered on the inexperienced of the tenth gap of the Pinetree Nation Membership’s golf course in the course of the Fourth of July vacation weekend final 12 months.
KENNESAW, Ga. – A person accused of murdering three individuals at a Kennesaw nation membership will head to court docket Wednesday to go earlier than a decide.
In court docket, Prosecutors will affirm their intent to hunt the demise penalty in opposition to Bryan Anthony Rhoden for the three deaths, which had been found over Fourth of July weekend in 2021.
In July, Cobb County District Legal professional Flynn Broady mentioned he would search the demise penalty within the case, however didn’t file written discover but.
Cobb County Superior Courtroom Choose Robert Flournoy will preside over the listening to.
Bryan Rhoden (Cobb County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Murders on inexperienced of Kennesaw golf course
Three individuals had been discovered murdered on the tenth gap of Pinetree Country Club’s golf course. Golf pro Gene Siller was discovered shot to demise on the inexperienced. Two others, 46-year-old Henry Valdez, of California, and 76-year-old Paul Pierson, of Kansas, had been discovered lifeless within the mattress of a white Dodge Ram 3500 pickup. The truck was teetering on the financial institution of a sand entice on the afternoon of July 3, Cobb County police say. Police recognized Pierson because the proprietor of the truck.
Police imagine Siller was not targeted by the suspect however witnessed an lively crime resulting in his demise.
TWO INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGES FOR DEATHS AT KENNESAW COUNTRY CLUB
A witness shared this photograph of a white pickup truck on the tenth gap at Pinetree Nation Membership’s golf course in Kennesaw, Georgia on July 3, 2021.
Police would arrest Bryan Anthony Rhoden and Justin Caleb Pruitt.
Rhoden was indicted on three counts of malice homicide and 7 counts of felony homicide. He additionally faces two counts of kidnapping with bodily damage, three counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm in the course of the fee of a felony, and tampering with proof.
Pruitt was charged with two counts every of felony homicide and kidnapping with bodily damage.
Kennesaw nation membership homicide suspect denies allegations
Rhoden posted a message to his Instagram account in June saying there’s a “plethora of prejudicial publicity” and calls the allegations “misguided.”
His submit says the accusations in opposition to him are quote “blatant and utter makes an attempt to assassinate, defamate, and deplete my character.
He asks individuals to “hold an open thoughts as to what led to the unlucky flip of occasions and who’s accountable.”
Rhoden is being held within the Cobb County jail and inmates are usually not sometimes granted entry to smartphones or the web.
