Crime & Safety
Smyrna Woman Found Shot, Dead in Decatur
Decatur police are still investigating the incident and hope to have a suspect and a motive soon.
Police in Decatur have identified a body discovered outside a parking area on Saturday night as a Smyrna woman.
Karen Pearce, 44, was found dead in the 100 block of Ponce de Leon Avenue at approximately 10:55 p.m. on Saturday, Decatur Police Sgt. Jennifer Ross said Monday. Ross said that Pearce was found with a gunshot wound to the head, and that police are treating the incident as a homicide.
Ross added that investigators have evidence of Pearce leaving a local restaurant and attempting to reach her car in the vicinity of where her body was found, and adds that witnesses heard a gunshot just before her body was discovered. Ross added that a cause of death has yet to be conclusively determined.
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Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Decatur police at (404) 373-6551. Alternately, you can contact Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta by calling 404-577-TIPS (8477), texting “CSA Tip” to CRIMES (274637), or bysubmitting a tip online. All tips can be made anonymously.
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