Crime & Safety
Suspected Atlanta Serial Killer Tied to Fourth Murder
DeKalb County police believe that Aeman Presley is responsible for the Sept. 27 killing of Calvin Gholston.

The man who police in Atlanta and Dekalb County believe killed two homeless men and a Smyrna woman may have had a fourth victim, WSB-TV says.
Aeman Presley was arrested by undercover MARTA police when he allegedly tried to ride without paying a fare on Thursday, WSB-TV said. Since Presley’s arrest, he has been charged with killing homeless men Dorian Jenkins and Tommy “Can Man” Mims on Nov. 23 and Nov. 26, respectively. The Decatur Police Department also suspects Presley of murdering Smyrna hairstylist Karen Pearce on Dec. 6.
Now, authorities in DeKalb County tell WSB-TV that they plan to charge Presley with the Sept. 27 murder of Calvin Gholston. Gholston was shot multiple times at the Spring Mill Shopping Center in Stone Mountain, WSB-TV reports.
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Presley remains behind bars at the Fulton County jail facing two charges of murder and one charge each of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, altering or selling tokens, transfers, or transaction cards, and willful obstruction of a law enforcement officer.
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