Cold Cases in Atlanta, Georgia
ColdCaseIndex documents 5 cases in Atlanta, Georgia, dated 1965 to 2020. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Mary Shotwell Little (1965) and the most recent is King Von (2020).
- Unsolved 1 (20%)
- Solved or convicted 3 (60%)
- Closed without conviction 1 (20%)
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All 5 cases
King Von
Chicago rapper King Von (Dayvon Bennett), 26, was fatally shot outside the Monaco Hookah Lounge in Atlanta on November 6, 2020, when an argument between two groups turned into a gunfight.
Shannon Melendi
Shannon Melendi, a 19-year-old Emory University student, was abducted from a DeKalb County softball complex in 1994 and never seen again.
Lita McClinton Sullivan
Lita McClinton Sullivan, an Atlanta socialite, was shot dead at her Buckhead townhouse in January 1987 by a hit man disguised as a flower delivery man, on the day of a divorce hearing.
Atlanta Child Murders Victims
At least 28 young Black children and adults were murdered in Atlanta between 1979 and 1981, causing citywide panic. Wayne Williams was convicted of two adult murders and sentenced to life.
Mary Shotwell Little
Mary Shotwell Little, a 25-year-old newlywed bank secretary, vanished on October 14, 1965, from the Lenox Square shopping center in Atlanta.