Fifth Suspect Indicted in Killings of Six Mexican Immigrants in Georgia

“A fifth person has been indicted in a string of bloody home invasions that left six Mexican immigrant workers dead. A Tift County grand jury indicted Emma Jean Powell, 33, of Moultrie, this week on six counts of murder, 13 counts of felony murder, four counts of aggravated assault, three counts of armed robbery, six counts of burglary and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

The charges against Powell stem from the Sept. 30 attacks with guns and baseball bats at three mobile home parks in Tifton and Tift County, said David Haire, a spokesman with the Tift County Sheriff’s Department. District Attorney Paul Bowden declined Wednesday to comment on Powell’s alleged role in the killings. …”

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