Man Guilty of Murdering Woman in Norcross, Dumping Body

NORCROSS, GA — A Gwinnett C0unty jury has found Charles Thomas Outlaw Jr. guilty of shooting 26-year-old Angela Rabotte execution-style in Norcross and dumping her body.

On Friday, Outlaw was sentenced to life without parole, plus 15 years, in prison for the 2014 killing.

"Oh my Angie, my angel, I cannot begin to express the joy that I'm feeling knowing that JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED," Rabotte's mother, Judy Pack Rabotte, wrote on Facebook after the verdict. "I promised we would get justice and we did ... ."

According to the Gwinnett County District Attorney's office, Rabotte went to work on March 28, 2014, leaving her 3-year-old daughter in the care of a close friend.

When she failed to return the next morning and failed to check in, the friend began calling Rabotte's roommates and family, then the police.

Investigators learned that Outlaw was the last known person to have seen her.

He told police he picked Angela up in Smyrna and drove her back to the Norcross area. He claimed that he had driven the two of them to a parking lot, where he left Rabotte in the vehicle to go buy marijuana.

He claimed she was gone when he returned and that he hadn't seen her since.

At trial, several witnesses reported seeing Outlaw cleaning a rented 2014 Dodge Dart at a car wash off of Jimmy Carter Boulevard.

He was arrested April 1, 2014 for possession of cocaine and obstructing a law enforcement officer and the Dart was impounded.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation analysts subsequently found gunshot residue on the interior roof of the Dart, prosecutors said.

On April 3, 2014, Robatte's body was discovered by surveyors working off of Lilburn Industrial Way west of Arcado Road in Lilburn.

The body had been dragged about 30 feet into the woods and covered with pine straw.

At trial, prosecutor Matt Acuff presented evidence that when Outlaw picked up Robatte, the two argued on their way to Norcross. Outlaw "felt disrespected" by Robatte and shot her execution-style, according to the DA's office.

Among other evidence, the jury heard phone calls between Outlaw and a friend showing Outlaw's temper.

The trial lasted all last week.

Image via Shutterstock