Authorities in North Georgia have made additional arrests in connection to last month’s murder of a 19-year-old woman.
Aspen Leigh Cagle, 15; Madison Alina Grace Perez, 19; and Elizabeth Sue Hensen, 17, were arrested on murder and robbery charges, the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office announced.
Four suspects are already in custody in connection to the death of 19-year-old Mallory Warden.
Warden’s lifeless body was found in a vehicle on South Main Street in Ellijay on September 18.
Police believe the victim was shot outside Ellijay on a rural Gilmer County road.
“These charges stem from this entire group conspiring to commit and committing a series of armed robberies between Ellijay and Jasper,” Sheriff Stacy Nicholson said.
“Unfortunately, Mallory Warden was killed during one of these planned robberies.”
The sheriff added that the “investigation is not over and we expect more arrests.”
“We intend to charge everyone involved in this case, whether they were physically there or merely helped plan, to send a message that if you help someone commit a crime in any way, you will go to jail.”
