'Person of Interest' in Woman's Murder Accused of Terrorizing Her 2 Months Earlier

DULUTH, GA — The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $5,000 reward for the capture of Alfredo Capote, a Gwinnett County man sought as a "person of interest" in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, Jockisha Brown.

Capote, 29, is accused of allegedly raping Brown at gunpoint after tying up her and her teenage son in April

Brown was found shot to death in her car on July 1.

Capote is believed to be armed and dangerous, authorities with the marshals' Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force say. He is wanted by the Marshals Office for violating the bail conditions of a federal fraud case.

"We're looking at every lead," task force inspector Alex Camacho said Monday. "There's information that says he's still in the area, and there's information that says he's somewhere else."

Anyone with information about Capote may call Atlanta Crime Stoppers at (404) 577-TIPS or the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102.

Police describe the April incident as a violent, days-long attack by Capote.

In April, police were called to a Duluth home by a 17-year-old boy who told them that the previous day, Capote — his mother's boyfriend — stopped by to visit.

A short time later, a masked man entered the home and tied up the son and his 35-year-old mother.

Capote then told the mother that he was staging a home invasion because he needed her money.

He raped her at gunpoint, police say, then tied her up again. The son was told not to call police or his mother would be killed.

The son was able to free himself hours later. The two suspects left with the mother and went to a hotel in Cobb County, where the suspects parted ways.

The victim spent the night at the hotel with Capote, where police say he held her at gunpoint and raped her again.

Police say Capote and the victim left the hotel the following morning and traveled to a home in Perry, Georgia. After leaving that home, the victim saw an opportunity to escape and jumped out of a moving vehicle near an intersection.

She jumped into a stranger's vehicle in a parking lot and pleaded for help, police say. Police were called, and she was rescued at about 4 p.m. that day.