ICYMI: Suspects in Smyrna Man's Homicide Arrested

Cobb County police have made a series of arrests in connection with the death of a Smyrna man whose body was discovered in Mableton late last month.

Jason Chester, Chelsea Walker, Christopher Brewster, and Kenneth Ransom were arrested in two separate operations last Thursday and charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, and violation of the Criminal Street Gang Act, police spokesman Dana Pierce said Friday morning. Brewster and Ransom face an additional charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The four are suspected of killing 35-year-old Alexander Arcides Lara Ayala of Smyrna, whose body was discovered in Mableton on Feb. 25.

Chester and Walker were arrested with the help of a Cobb County SWAT team early Thursday morning, while Brewster and Ransom were picked up later on Thursday in an operation involving the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office’s Fugitive Squad, Pierce said.

All four suspects are being held without bail at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, records show.