The person accused of stabbing a 77-year-old girl to loss of life inside her Atlanta house was reportedly intoxicated and stole a bottle of vodka from a liquor retailer earlier than the killing.
Antonio Brown, 23, allegedly walked out of a close-by package deal retailer with a bottle of vodka earlier than hopping the fence into the prosperous gated group in Buckhead the place police say he slaughtered Eleanor Bowles in a botched carjacking Saturday.
Brown tried to purchase a $20 bottle of Absolut Vodka from Buckhead’s Greatest Wine & Spirits round 11:30 a.m., however was turned away as a result of “he was already intoxicated,” in accordance with a police report obtained by The Publish.
A retailer worker informed police that he then “snatched” the bottle and walked out of the shop on Northside Parkway NW. She mentioned staffers tried to cease him, however he was appearing “aggressive.”
The worker mentioned Brown was recognized by locals and was “all the time underneath the affect.” She mentioned she and others believed he was homeless, in accordance with the report.
A couple of half hour after the shoplifting, Brown entered the group the place Bowles lived, broke into her house and allegedly stabbed the grandmother a number of instances within the storage, officers mentioned.
Brown was making an attempt to steal Bowles’ 2021 Lexus RS350 when she interrupted, police consider.
He's accused of stabbing her to loss of life and taking off within the automobile, which was recovered later that evening.
Bowles’ lifeless physique was present in her storage by her son a number of hours later round 5:30 p.m., police mentioned.
He was coming to go to his mom for the vacations when he made the heartbreaking discovery.
“I used to be on my solution to go to her for the vacations and obtained to her a number of hours too late,” Michael Bowles informed FOX 5. “Discovering her like that's one thing that might be with me without end. What occurred to her was her worst nightmare. It’s most individuals’s worst nightmare.”
Brown was arrested Monday and charged with homicide, aggravated battery, possession of a knife, elder abuse and hijacking a motorized vehicle. He was booked into Fulton County jail.
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