Crime Solvers Central
Crime Solvers Central
302 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.

Forum Posts for Anton Balentay Watson:
Be respectful. Abuse of these forums will not be tolerated.

A shooting that began outside a package store on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in Atlanta left multiple vehicles struck by gunfire in the early morning hours; no victim was found at that scene. About five hours later and miles away in Cobb County, the body of 35-year-old Anton Balentay Watson of Smyrna was discovered slumped against the front door of a home on Golden Pine Road in Austell, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound.

Investigators linked a stolen car abandoned near Cityview Drive and Golden Pine Road to Watson and determined the shooting had occurred at the Atlanta location where the damaged cars were found. The Atlanta and Cobb County police departments identified three suspects in the homicide: 24-year-old Shaquille Russ, 24-year-old Eranus Alexander Jr., and 25-year-old Jeremy Sims. Russ was arrested in December and taken to the Fulton County Jail. A Crime Stoppers tip led to Alexander’s arrest in February, and Sims was located and arrested in Stockbridge later that month with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

All three men faced charges including murder, false imprisonment, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, and kidnapping; Sims was additionally charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. If anyone knew Anton, his movements that week, or saw activity near Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway that morning, what can be shared with investigators?