GBI: Vehicle stolen from dead S. Ga. woman seen in East Cobb

Johnson Ferry Road stolen vehicle murder scene
The GBI said a Hyundai Elantra spotted on Johnson Ferry Road Monday afternoon belonged to a south Georgia woman who was found dead in her home.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that a vehicle stolen from a woman found dead in her South Georgia home on Monday has been spotted in the East Cobb area.

A GBI release Tuesday said a 2006 Black Hyundai Elantra was seen Monday afternoon along Johnson Ferry Road.

The Hyundai was seen near 313 Johnson Ferry Road at 12:22 p.m. Monday, according to the GBI.

That’s located near the intersection of Johnson Ferry and Powers Road, below Lower Roswell Road.

The GBI said the car, which has a temporary Georgia tag of C0521643, belonged to a woman who was found dead in her home in Dawson, Ga., on Monday.

The GBI said after 2 p.m. Monday, Dawson Police responded to a call of an unresponsive person at a home. When police arrived, according to the GBI, they found Annie Josie Chappell, 59, who was dead.

The GBI didn’t indicate how the woman died, nor did it provide any further information about the incident.

Dawson is located in Terrell County, near Albany.

The GBI is asking anyone with information to call the Dawson Police Department at 229-995-4414 or the GBI’s regional investigate office in Sylvester at 229-777-2080.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app. 

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