LOCUST GROVE, Ga. — Family and friends are mourning the shocking death of a Georgia bookstore owner whose body was found floating in a creek over the weekend.
Erica Atkins, 40, the owner of Birdsong Books, was found dead hours after she was reported missing from her home in Locust Grove, about 35 miles southeast of Atlanta, police said.
Johnson was an ex-boyfriend of Atkins' who would sometimes work at the bookstore, her brother, Phillip Robinson, told Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB.Akins leaves behind a 21-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son, WSB reported. Detectives"quickly identified" Johnson as a suspect and he was taken into custody on Sunday for kidnapping, police said in a statement.
Detectives obtained an additional warrant for murder for Johnson, police said. Austin told WSB that neighborhood cameras showed that the suspect had been at the victim's home, and that detectives tracked his car to Putnam County, near where Atkins was found.
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