Gwinnett Murder Suspect Stole Victim's Car, Thousands Of Dollars: Cops

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — A 60-year-old man was recently found dead in his Lawrenceville home, and police say the murder suspect withdrew thousands of dollars from the man's bank account.

Gwinnett County Police said Friday that officers conducted a welfare check on Oct. 29 at Terry's Mount Vernon Drive home after several weeks had passed since anyone had heard from him.

An autopsy was performed on Terry the next day, and his death was ruled a homicide, police said. A manner of death is unknown.

Sometime after Terry was located, police said his car was seen on traffic cameras traveling around Gwinnett County.

Furthermore, police said funds from Terry's bank accounts disappeared and several important documents were missing from his home.

Video footage showed Marquis Green, 27, of Auburn, withdrawing thousands of dollars from Terry's bank accounts and driving in Terry's car, police said.

Green was arrested Thursday at a Duluth restaurant and charged on suspicion of felony murder, robbery by intimidation, aggravated assault, financial transaction card fraud, concealing the death of another, identity theft, computer forgery, theft by taking and aggravated cruelty to animals, police said.

He was taken to the Gwinnett County Jail, police said. Jail records showed he is being held on a $32,350 bond for some charges. He was denied bond for the murder, aggravated assault and other charges, jail records showed Friday.