Eighteen-year-old Tori Lang, a recent Stephenson High School graduate who planned to study architectural engineering, was found dead on the morning of July 28, 2021, under a tree in Yellow River Park near Stone Mountain, Georgia. Park visitors discovered her body and notified authorities. An apparent gunshot wound was the cause of death. Less than a week later, her Nissan Versa was found burned out and abandoned in Hidden Acres Nature Preserve, a few miles from the park.

Months passed without a suspect until April 2022, when police charged 20-year-old Austin Ford, described in charging documents as Lang’s best friend, with felony murder and aggravated assault; he was already in custody on unrelated charges when the warrants were issued. The medical examiner could not definitively determine whether Lang’s death was a homicide or a suicide. Trials in April and August 2023 ended in mistrials on the murder charge; Ford was convicted on counts of concealing a death and theft by taking and later received a 20-year sentence, with the first 10 years to be served in prison.

If anyone knew Tori, her movements that week, or has information about the case, please come forward.