Richard Thomas Danley, 53, was shot to death on July 8, 2017, at a private residence on River Lodge Drive in Ellijay, Georgia. Douglas Edwin Pritchett, who placed a 911 call claiming his home was being invaded and that he had shot an intruder, was at the address when deputies arrived. Danley was found deceased from multiple gunshot wounds; an autopsy later recorded six gunshot wounds, three to his back.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted Gilmer County authorities. Pritchett, 43 at the time, was arrested and charged in connection with Danley’s death. A jury trial began with selection in late February 2019, and on March 7, 2019, a Gilmer County jury convicted Pritchett of malice murder, three counts of felony murder, aggravated assault with intent to murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery. The prosecution said Pritchett was aggravated with Danley; Pritchett was sentenced to life in prison.

Pritchett appealed, arguing insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel; that appeal was unsuccessful. Does anyone have information about Danley’s activities in Ellijay or who might have been with him that evening?