Georgia deputies have arrested the suspected killer in connection to a triple homicide at the Pinetree Country Club in Cobb County, just northwest of Atlanta, after three men, including one professional golfer, were found dead last week.
The U.S. Marshals along with the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force located 23-year-old Bryan Rhoden and took him into custody following his surrender in Chamblee Thursday evening. That’s just about 25 miles southeast of the location of the murders.
Rhoden is suspected of gunning down golf pro-Gene Siller, 41, near the 10th hole. After some investigation, police said that they believed Siller was not intended to be a target but was shot in the head after approaching the suspicious truck, which had swerved onto the golf course.
It wasn’t until later that police found the bodies of California resident Henry Valdez, 46, and Kansas resident Paul Pierson, 76, in the bed of a white Dodge pickup truck parked on a hill on the golf course.
Cobb County Police Chief Tim Cox made a statement during a Thursday evening news briefing confirming that Rhoden would face three counts each of murder and aggravated assault as well as two counts of kidnapping. He added that investigators were still looking into adding more charges.
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