Crime & Safety
Cobb Deputy's Son Charged with Murder
The young man was arrested by the FBI after he fled North Carolina following the Dec. 2 double homicide, a report says.
A Cobb County sheriff’s deputy’s son has been arrested and charged in connection with a double homicide in North Carolina earlier this month, according to a report.
Elijah Naitron Valentin, 19, is one of two suspects in the Dec. 2 killings of two Greensboro men, WSB-TV reports. The other suspect, a 17-year-old male, was already in custody and facing charges at the time of Valentin’s arrest.
WSB-TV says that Valentin’s father, who works in the Cobb County jail, was likely unaware of the charges against his son when FBI agents arrested him at his home near Acworth on Thursday.
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The younger Valentin is being held inside the Cobb County jail, but WSB-TV reports that he and his father are not allowed contact with one another.
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