Jadynn Hamilton is an alleged teen killer from Georgia who has reportedly confessed to murdering his Grandmother
According to police reports officers would go to a church in Athens Georgia where they would find the body of Ollie Hamilton, 73. After an investigation officers would question her grandson seventeen year old Jadynn Hamilton who apparently confessed to the murder
Jadynn Hamilton would be arrested and has been charged with murder
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A 17-year-old was charged with first-degree murder following a fatal incident at a local church Oct. 29. Bond was set for the suspect, Jadynn Hamilton of Athens, at $500,000.
According to Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley, the victim was Ollie Hamilton, 73, of Athens. She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Mrs. Hamilton was the suspect’s grandmother.
“This is a tragedy of the worst kind because you’ve got a beloved church member, family member and community member killed and you come to find out within 24 hours she was killed by another beloved family member,” said Sheriff Kevin Crook. “If somebody is not able to control their impulses and they reach that point, I don’t think it really matters who the victim is at the time. If it got them to that level of anger, they’re going to lash out at whoever – it just happened to be his grandmother.”
Gurley stated Hamilton was found deceased at the scene at Smith Chapel Holiness Church alongside Burr Road. Crook said she was found just inside an outer door area that led to the kitchen.
The 911 call came in at 5:45 p.m., according to Gurley.
Deputies processed the scene and interviewed individuals at the church.
“The longer that investigation went, evidence started pointing in a certain direction. A young man had supposedly gone for help early on after the attack. We ended up bringing him in last night, and he confessed to the crime,” he said.
Hamilton didn’t have any prior run-ins with law enforcement.
Crook encourages parents to have conversations with their children.
“Try to learn from every tragedy. Were there signs? Were there things you can point back to and say, ‘Maybe we could have gotten this information to the right people.’ A lot of stuff happens among our youth that isn’t communicated a lot of times,” Crook said.
From interviews, Mrs. Hamilton was described as an outstanding person.
“She was a pillar of the community, a pillar of the church and somebody a lot of people counted on and depended on and was faithful to serve in that community for a long time. It was obvious she was well-loved,” he said.
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A Georgia woman was allegedly killed by her teenage grandson inside her local church.
The alleged incident occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Smith Chapel Holiness Church in Athens in Monroe County, per The Monroe Journal, The Independent and WTVA.
Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley said the victim was 73-year-old Ollie Hamilton, according to The Monroe Journal. Police responded to a 911 call at about 5:45 p.m. local time, per Gurley. They subsequently found the victim in an area that led to the church kitchen. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim’s grandson, 17-year-old Jadynn Hamilton, was arrested and charged in connection with her death that evening after allegedly confessing to the crime, per the outlets.
“The longer that investigation went, evidence started pointing in a certain direction. A young man had supposedly gone for help early on after the attack. We ended up bringing him [Jadynn] in last night, and he confessed to the crime,” Monroe County Sheriff Kevin Crook said in a statement to the media, per The Monroe Journal, which reported that the teen was charged with first-degree murder.
Crook called the incident a “tragedy of the worst kind.”
“This is a tragedy of the worst kind because you’ve got a beloved church member, family member and community member killed, and you come to find out within 24 hours she was killed by another beloved family member,” he continued in his statement.
He added, “If somebody is not able to control their impulses and they reach that point, I don’t think it really matters who the victim is at the time. If it got them to that level of anger, they’re going to lash out at whoever — it just happened to be his grandmother.”
Crook went on to urge members of the community to use the tragedy as a learning opportunity.
“Try to learn from every tragedy. Were there signs? Were there things you can point back to and say, ‘Maybe we could have gotten this information to the right people.’ A lot of stuff happens among our youth that isn’t communicated a lot of times,” he said.
An investigation into the incident is still ongoing, per Crook, according to The Monroe Journal.
PEOPLE reached out to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Monroe County Coroner’s Office for comment on Saturday, Nov. 1, but did not receive an immediate response.
Jadynn is currently being held on a $500,000 bond, per WTVA.
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