Boston Double Murder Suspect Arrested In Jonesboro

JONESBORO, GA -- A Boston double homicide suspect was arrested over the weekend in metro Atlanta. According to the Boston police department, Nicholas Antoine, 20, was arrested in Clayton County on a felony warrant out of Suffolk Superior Court in Massachusetts. Antoine was arrested in a Jonesboro trailer park.

Antoine is wanted for the June 30, 2018, murder of Wilfred Peters, 26, of Brighton, and Jeffrey Montaque, 27, of Cambridge. Police found the two victims shot to death after responding to a persons-shot call.

Members of the Clayton County Sheriff's Office, along with the Boston Police Department Fugitive Apprehension Unit and U.S. marshals, apprehended Antoine. Clayton County officials also said Antoine's girlfriend, Latifa Brown, was also arrested. She was wanted by Stone Mountain police for probation violation.

“Members of the Homicide and Fugitive Units worked tirelessly on this case to not only identify the suspect who was responsible, but to track him down and arrest him while he was hiding in a trailer park in Georgia," said Boston Police Commissioner William Gross.

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