On the morning of October 3, 2021, a driver on I-675 near the Grant Road overpass in Clayton County, Georgia, reported what appeared to be a body on the interstate shoulder. Responding officers found an African-American woman who had been shot multiple times. Investigators initially struggled to identify her and released a police sketch noting a distinctive collarbone tattoo reading Reign.

That detail helped identify the victim as 30-year-old Cormella Thomas, a mother of three; Reign was the name of her one-year-old child. Friends remembered her as sweet and loving. For more than four years the murder remained unsolved while authorities sought tips from the public.

In March 2026 authorities announced an arrest in the case: Marquavius Hendrix was taken into custody and charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm in connection with Thomas’s death. No motive or relationship between Hendrix and Thomas has been disclosed.

If anyone knew Cormella or has information about her last movements or associates, can you share what you know?