ROSWELL, Ga.—Police arrested a 20-year-old man on murder charges Wednesday as they investigate the slayings of two teenagers, each shot in the head, whose bodies were found behind a grocery store in an Atlanta suburb.
Jeffrey A. Hazelwood is accused of killing Natalie Henderson and Carter Davis early Monday morning in a case that left parents in Atlanta’s sprawling northern suburbs on edge, Roswell Police Chief Rusty Grant said at a Wednesday news conference at Roswell police headquarters.
While investigators are unsure of the motive, “we believe he acted alone,” the chief said.
Hazelwood was being held at the Roswell Detention Center on two counts of murder, and was expected to be transferred to the Fulton County Jail later, police said.
A delivery driver spotted the bodies behind a Publix store, Det. Zachary Frommer said. The Fulton County medical examiner said each teen was killed by a bullet to the head.
Officers located Hazelwood at a gas station not far from the crime scene, and brought him to police headquarters for questioning around 5 a.m. Wednesday, Grant said. He’s been “generally cooperative” during the interviews with detectives, Frommer said.
