Man wanted on murder charges found hiding in crawl space under Atlanta home

ATLANTA — A Georgia man has been arrested for murder after police found him hiding in a crawl space at an Atlanta home.

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The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, along with the U.S. Marshals and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, arrested 19-year-old Demetrius Leshawn Baker Friday. Baker lives in Stockbridge.

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Baker is accused of shooting 19-year-old Cashe Regia Lah’Jay Green Hudson in the head on Friendly Hills Drive in Decatur on Sept. 27.

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Baker was arrested without incident and taken to the DeKalb County Jail, where he is being held without bond.

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