Crime & Safety

Police: Couple Drove Truck with Dead Grandfather Inside

That "voluntary admission" is contained in Cobb County criminal warrants for Mableton residents Casey Collins and Sarah Cook, who face felony murder charges in connection with the death of Lilburn man Edward Smith.

The Mableton woman charged in the murder of a 78-year-old Lilburn man admitted that she and the man's grandson "are responsible for his death" and drove the dead man's truck around metro Atlanta with his body still inside the vehicle.

That "voluntary admission" is contained in Cobb County criminal warrants for Mableton residents Casey Ryan Collins and Sarah Elizabeth Cook, who face felony murder charges in connection with the death of Edward Smith.

Collins, 30, is Smith's grandson. Cook, 23, is Collins' girlfriend.

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According to Cook's admission, Smith was in his parked truck in the driveway of a residence at 365 Kemolay Rd. last Thursday morning when she and Collins "assaulted" him.

About 8:18 p.m. Tuesday, Smith was found dead inside his white Ford truck in South Cobb, said Sgt. Dana Pierce with the Cobb County Police Department.

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That was two days after he was first reported missing.

See also:

  • Lilburn Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Drive-In Murder
  • Missing Lilburn Man Found Dead in South Cobb County

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