Douglasville Police: Arrest Made in Death of Grandmother Found Bound, Gagged

Update: Douglasville Police Chief Chris Womack said in Tuesday afternoon press conference that Odes Dupree of Douglasville has been charged with murder for the death of Florene Duke. Dupree apparently lived in an apartment nearby, robbed Duke to pay off a drug debt, and allegedly had been in the woman’s apartment previously. Read more from the AJC

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Douglasville Police announced they have made an arrest in the death of Florene Duke, the 75-year-old grandmother who was found gagged and tied up in her Selman Road apartment on Nov. 10.

An autopsy determined the cause of death as “positional asphyxiation.”

WSB-TV has identified the suspect as Odes Dupree, 43.

(Photo: Odes Dupree. Douglas County Jail mug)

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• Autopsy: Grandmother Found Bound and Gagged Died from Lack of Oxygen
• Police Continue Investigation Into Death of Douglasville Grandmother, 75
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