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giving one of her kidneys any child. If any child says Amari "AJ" Jefferson Donna Wilson
next Friday, Aug. 16 so that they need something, I'm last year when she saw a failure and needed a new
Donna Wilson of the 16-year-old can get a going to be one of the first
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Amari Jefferson, "I've always been one for Wilson stepped forwards that A.J. was in kidney See KIDNEY Page 0A
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Dante Krieger, who turned 16 last week at the Youth Detention Center in Macon, listens as Inv. Allen Henderson de-
scribes the murder scene he's accused of leaving as he killed, his aunt on Tingle Road on July 14. Next to Krieger is his
attorney, public defender Rusty Knox. (Photo/Will Davis)
By Will Davis
pubhsher@mymcr.net
Fifteen year old Dante
Krieger pistol.whipped his
aunt in the head, cracking
her skull, splitting her ear
and then spilled her blood
across three vehicles at her
Tingle Road home before
he shot a bullet through her
temple and killed her on
Sunday, July 14.
That was the gruesome
testimony of lead Monroe
County investigator Allen
Henderson, who persuaded
Judge Tommy Wilson on
Tuesday, July 30 that there
was enough evidence to
keep Krieger in custody on
murder charges. Krieger
is accused ofkiUing his
42-year-old aunt Tryeflue
Rogers of Forsyth.
Tuesday's probable cause
hearing at the Monroe
County courthouse was the
first time the sheriff's office
has revealed some of the
details of Rogers' murder.
Heres what Henderson
said happened: Krieger
disappeared from the home
of his foster parents in
Covington late Saturday or
early Sunday, driving away
after stealing their white
truck. The foster parents
asked a female friend of
Kfieger's, 16-year-old Jen-
nie Cook of Covington, to
text him because he might
respond to her. He did and
eventually on Sunday they
spoke by phone. Cook said
Krieger was crying and up-
set, admitting he had done
something really wrong.
"What?" asked Cook.
"I shot my aunt" respond-
ed Krieger.
"Is she dead?" she asked.
"Yes" replied Krieger.
Cook told her parents
who called the New-
ton County sheriff's
office, a call that eventually
got to the Monroe County
sheriff's office as deputies
were alerted to go to Rogers'
home. At about the same
time, Krieger had pulled
over in Rogers' stolen truck
between Columbia, S.C.
and Charlotte, N.C. and
dialed 911, telling Chester
County (S.C.) authorities
what he had done as well.
Kfieger led South Carolina
authorities to a construc-
tion site where the murder
weapon, Rogers' discarded
9 mm, was found. Chester
See MURDER Page 6A
Monroe County schools have welcomed 3,964 students to classes as
school opened on Friday. Superintendent Dr. Mike Hi&man said that
4,144 are enrolled in schools so far this year. Above, Amanda Grant
takes a first-day-of-school photo of her boys Marshall (4th grade) and
Cooper.(PreK) in front of T.G. Scott Elementary. Here are the enroll-
ment numbers by school: Sutton-617, Hubbard-673, T.G. Scott-736,
MCMS-932, MPHS-1,122 and Achievement Center-64. Assistant
superintendent Jackson Daniel said new lanes on Thornton Road and
a new driveway at MCMS have made a huge difference there, with
many positive comments from parents. Almost all bus routes had
changes so Friday was a big adjustment day, said Daniel, but he said
the bus routes went much smoother on Monday. Daniel thanked the
sheriff's off ce for their traffic control at all schools especially at Hwy.
41 and Thornton Road. (Photo/Will Davis)
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Two suspects
stil at large
A Forsyth teenager
was arrested and two
oth-
ers are
wanted
for try-
ing to
car-
jack a
vehicle
and
firing FREEMAN
gun-
shots
at the driver near
Forsyth Gardens
Apartments in the wee
hours of Aug. 2.
Vontavian Freeman,
19, of 130 Sydney
Woods, Forsyth was
arrested and charged
with armed robbery
and aggravated assault
for allegedly trying to
steal a white Nissan
Altima from Nicholas
Epps. Inv. Alexander
Daniels of the Forsyth
Police Department
said that the men had
a struggle over the
vehicle and as Epps
drove away Freeman
fired three shots at
him and missed. The
altercation happened
on Moreland Av-
enue next to Forsyth
Gardens Apartments.
Daniels said they
identified Freeman as
a suspect and arrested
him later that day.
Daniels said they are
questioning another
suspect in the case
and are looking for a
third suspect as well.
Freeman is being held
without bond. Anyone
who has information
in the case is asked to
call Forsyth police at
993-1005.
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