In the winter of 2023, a chain of events beginning with a tragic hit-and-run in Newton County, Georgia, culminated in the death of a Jasper County man. The man at the center of the investigation was James Jenkins, a 50-year-old white male from Monticello. His death, which occurred on February 27, 2023, brought a somber end to a case that had left a family grieving and a community seeking answers.
The preceding month, on the night of January 30, 2023, Deanna Mattheus, a 44-year-old mother
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