Murderer Found Driving Victim's Car In Paulding: Police

DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA — A strangled woman's body, discovered on a Douglas County roadside, has been identified and the killer arrested, according to police.

Eric Greene was charged Sunday with the murder of Sheila Bryant, 55, of Bremen, who was found dead Jan. 25 just off the roadway at West Union Hill Road and Ephesus Church Road. Greene, who faced a Douglas County superior court judge Monday, was charged with murder and motor vehicle theft.

Greene was located Feb. 7 in Bryant's car while driving in Paulding County.

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On Jan. 25, at approximately 7 a.m. the Douglas County Sheriff's Office received a call from a concerned citizen who found a body in the grass off the road.

Investigators created a crime scene and began processing that scene for information. Braynt's body was transported to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations Crime Lab where the state medical examiner ruled the death a homicide and investigators believe the cause of death was by strangulation. It was determined by investigators that Bryant was killed at another location and left on the roadside off of Ephesus Church Road.

Because of the complexity of the case, police said, little information could be released for fear that the suspect might flee or evidence be destroyed. Early in the investigation information was developed about Greene as a person of interest and, police said, investigators began to focus on him as the suspect in this murder.

The Sheriff's Office reported that Greene's bond was denied.

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