Madison Elizabeth Gesswein, known as Maddy, was 15 and a ninth-grade student at Whitewater High School when she was found dead in her Peachtree City apartment on February 21, 2023. Her mother, returning from an overnight shift, discovered her unresponsive in bed with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head; the bedroom window was open and the blinds were disturbed. A 911 call recorded the frantic moments as the mother tried to render aid before emergency crews arrived.

Peachtree City investigators arrested three 18-year-old acquaintances of Madison — Jacobean Brown, Justus Smith, and Yeshua Mathis — and charged them with murder. Prosecutors say the men went to Madison’s apartment after a text message argument the previous day, and that Brown climbed in through the window and shot her while she lay in bed. A 9mm pistol with an extended magazine and cleaning supplies were reported recovered at the scene.

There are still unanswered questions about the events leading up to that early morning and what each person’s role was. If anyone has information about Madison, her movements that night, or those who visited The Greens at Braelinn around February 21, please come forward.