ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Conyers police said a man and a woman are in custody in connection with the discovery of a man's beaten body in a Lawrenceville kudzu patch.
Police Chief Gene Wilson said Sylvester Leon Henderson and Amanda Gayle Little were in custody and were being held at the Rockdale County Jail on Friday. Officers said warrants were secured against both of them in connection with the death of Derrick Bernard Brown on Tuesday.
The incident began just after midnight Tuesday when Conyers police responded to a report of a fight on Villa Pines Court. They found blood at an intersection, but no victim.
City of Conyers Amanda Little; Sylvester Henderson IM Amanda Little; Sylvester Henderson
Witnesses told police they saw a man being put into the back of a car before police arrived.
Police said a subsequent investigation revealed that Brown had been beaten to death and his body removed from the location in an effort to hide the crime.
Brown's body was eventually located in a kudzu patch in Lawrenceville.