COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — The Newnan County Police Department has made an arrest in a 2011 cold case.
The latest on how detectives tracked down a suspect after 14 years, on Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 p.m.
Blake Chappell disappeared in Oct. 2011. Police found his body in a nearby creek two months later on Dec. 19, 2011. The medical examiner told Channel 2 Action News then that someone shot and killed the teenager.
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On Friday, Newnan police announced they arrested Scotty Elliot Smith. Investigators said Smith confessed to Chappell’s murder.
Officers booked Smith in the Coweta County Jail on the following charges: felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm, concealing the death of another and tampering with evidence.
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