Indictment Returned in 14-Year-Old Kennesaw Murder Case

A Cobb County grand jury has returned a seven count indictment against a man who police believe killed a hotel worker in Kennesaw in the year 2000.

According to the indictment, which was handed down on Dec. 18, James Lorenzo Randolph now faces one count of malice murder, one count of felony murder, two counts of armed robbery, and one count each of criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony for the Dec. 7, 2000 murder of Rodney Castlin.

Castlin was working at the Wingate Inn at 560 Greers Chapel Dr. in Kennesaw on the evening of Dec. 7 when he was accosted by two robbers, who shot and killed him during the course of the robbery. It took police over a decade to identify a suspect in the killings, but a Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case squad was finally able to put a name to one of the murder suspects.

Randolph was arrested in South Carolina in October, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. At the time, the newspaper said police were actively investigating a second suspect in Castlin’s murder.