Latrecia Collins, a 31-year-old Black woman, was found dead in the driveway of a southwest Atlanta home on Cascade Road on the morning of August 11, 2023. A father walking his daughter to school discovered her body near Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy. Investigators determined Collins died from a gunshot wound to the head and her vehicle was reported stolen after the discovery.

Police say phone records, security camera footage and a tip to Crime Stoppers led to identifying 26-year-old Demetric Lawson of Atlanta as the primary suspect. Evidence presented by investigators indicates Lawson was with Collins when she was killed and that his phone was traveling with hers. Collins’s car was found hours later with three men inside; those men later identified Lawson in a lineup and told police Lawson had a black handgun when he gave them the car and that they saw him removing a woman’s clothing from the vehicle.

Lawson was arrested and booked into the Fulton County Jail in early September 2023 on multiple charges, including murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Collins was buried at Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Douglasville on August 26, 2023. If anyone has information about Collins or her last movements, please share what you know.