Published Monday, October 11, 2010
Buzz up!Authorities have arrested an ex-con who they say used a toilet seat lid to bludgeon an Athens man to death early Sunday then kidnapped and later raped a woman who witnessed the attack.
Investigators arrested 40-year-old William Thomas Valentine Jr. shortly before 12:30 p.m. this afternoon at his brother’s house in Oglethorpe County, police said.
He is accused of murdering Alfred Lorenzo Harris, 51, in the victim’s home at Garden Apartments on Spring Court off North Avenue.
Valentine also kidnapped a woman who witnessed the attack, then took her to Madison County and raped her, according to police.
A friend discovered Harris’ body at about noon Sunday, when he brought over some food, police said.
Investigators determined that Harris had been dead at least nine hours, and identified a lid from his apartment’s toilet as the murder weapon, according to police.
They quickly identified Valentine as a suspect and a judge signed a murder warrant late Sunday afternoon.
Valentine has served five stints in state prison, once for an aggravated assault involving a gun in Clarke County, according to the Department of Corrections.
Madison County sheriff’s investigators are looking into the reported rape while Athens-Clarke police detectives continue to investigate the murder and kidnapping.
From: http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/101110/bre_718909017.shtml
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