Crime & Safety
'Person Of Interest' In Model's Death Arrested In Louisiana: ICYMI
Jokisha Brown, 35, was gunned down outside a Buckhead boutique last July. On Tuesday, Alfredo Capote was arrested in a fraud charge.
BUCKHEAD, GA -- Investigators in Louisiana have arrested a "person of interest" in the 2016 death of an aspiring actress and model who was fatally shot outside a beauty boutique in Buckhead.
Jokisha Brown, a 35-year-old Duluth mother who starred in a handful of local film and online productions, was found slumped over in her black Mercedes SUV in a parking lot on Cheshire Bridge Road last July. She had been shot multiple times.
On Tuesday, police arrested Alfredo L. Capote, 30, in Oil City, Louisiana, after an investigation involving a counterfeit check, according to the Caddo Parish sheriff. Capote and Brown were romantically involved at the time of her death.
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Last April, Capote pulled a gun on Brown and allegedly sexually assaulted her in front of her teen son, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Capote allegedly threatened the boy, telling him he'd kill Brown if he told anyone. Police said that Brown was later abducted and taken to a Cobb County hotel, where she was subjected to a “brutal and prolonged assault.”
Brown's body was found in her vehicle at a strip mall one day before her 36th birthday. Police said her slaying may have been "a hit" and said that “Whoever did this meant to kill her.”
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The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office said that Capote may be extradited to Georgia, but it's too early to tell.
“We do have a hold on Capote, but he’ll have to face his Louisiana charges before he’s extradited, so I don’t anticipate him returning to Gwinnett anytime soon,” Volkadov told the AJC.
Atlanta's entertainment community laid wreaths at a vigil in northwest Atlanta in the days after Brown's death. She was laid to rest in Jacksonville, her hometown, in a packed church full of family and friends.
“She was just a great person inside and out,” friend Sabrina Ramey told News 4 in Jacksonville. “She walked in a room and filled it with her smile. It was just so beautiful. She was always so positive. Just a great person overall.”
Image via Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office
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