Lake Eufaula homicide suspect in custody

Posted: Apr 27, 2021 / 08:31 PM CDT
/ Up to date: Apr 27, 2021 / 08:31 PM CDT

EUFAULA, Ala. (WRBL) – Authorities have a suspect in custody associated to the three useless our bodies recovered from a automobile in Lake Eufaula on Monday, in line with an Alabama Regulation Enforcement Company information launch.

“Particular Brokers with the Alabama Regulation Enforcement Company’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) have arrested and formally charged Demetrius Devonte McGhee, 26, of Clayton in connection to the homicide of three people discovered deceased in a submerged automobile in Lake Eufaula.”

In keeping with the discharge, regulation enforcement made contact with McGhee after he was launched from a neighborhood hospital. McGhee was transported to a neighborhood jail. He’s being held with out bond on 4 counts of Capitol Homicide.

In keeping with ALEA officers in regards to the fees in opposition to McGhee, “Based mostly upon the totality of the circumstances and the severity of the crime, Demetrius Devonte McGhee, has been charged with 4 counts of Capital Homicide. Because the case continues to develop and extra data turns into out there, ALEA will share it accordingly. No extra data is accessible right now because the investigation is ongoing.”

SBI has requested the assistance of the Houston County Sheriff’s Workplace Dive Workforce to go looking the world the place the automobile was discovered for added proof.

The discharge didn’t say why McGhee was in a neighborhood hospital.