On the morning of Friday, January 27, 2023, 48-year-old Jerri Dudley was found with a gunshot wound to the head at the Sunrise Inn, 2706 N. Slappey Blvd., in Albany, Georgia. She was taken to a local hospital and later died of her injuries; the Dougherty County Coroner, Michael Fowler, said there appeared to have been an altercation at the inn. This was reported as Albany’s first homicide of 2023.

Investigators identified a suspect quickly. A 17-year-old, named in reports as Anthony Manriquez and also referred to as Anthony Grivalva Mariquez, was sought in connection with Dudley’s death and was arrested in Baconton after a tip to the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said he had previously been a suspect in a non-fatal shooting at the same hotel, in which another victim was shot in the arm.

Dudley was a Lee County High School graduate, a mother and grandmother, and remembered for her interest in the arts, work as a chef, and collection of antique dolls. Does anyone with information about Dudley’s movements at the Sunrise Inn that morning or who knew her there have details to share?