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Body found by street sweepers on side of road identified as 28-year-old man

By Audrey Washington, WSB-TV
By Audrey Washington, WSB-TV

SOUTHWEST ATLANTA — The family of a young father hit and killed on Arthur Langford Parkway last week are desperate for answers to find his killer.

Benjamin Watts, 28, was found dead by street sweepers near Interstate 285 Aug. 22. Police said his injuries were consistent with being hit by a car.

Channel 2's Audrey Washington was on Campellton Road, where family believes Watts was last seen alive. They think he was walking home from a Racetrack gas station.

Shepilah Watts, Benjamin's brother, is facing a painful new reality.

"I'm going to be all alone. My brother was all I had," Watts said. "We just want justice for my brother."

Police said the street sweepers found Watt's body on the grass median. His shirt and shoes were in the westbound lane. Police said it looked like someone hit him and kept driving.

They currently have no description of the vehicle that may have hit him.

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Watts' girlfriend, Alesha White, is also devastated.

"Benny was my world," White said. "You just hit my world and kept going ... like he was a piece of trash and it is so hurtful."

White and Watts' family members are hoping cameras from gas stations nearby may have captured the car involved.

Every day since the accident happened, family members have handed out flyers and begged anyone with answers to come forward.

"I just need to know what happened to my brother," Shepilah Watts said.

The family wants police to get their hands on surveillance video from the area before it's erased. They believe the driver responsible lives somewhere in southwest Atlanta.

Right now, they want that person to do the right thing and come forward.

Police told Washington they were looking into all possible leads, including video from the surveillance cameras.

The family has set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for Watts' funeral expenses.

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