Georgia Teen Found Dead After Calling Mother For Help On Halloween Night, Four Charged
A 15-year-old Georgia boy called his mother after being shot on Halloween night. The next morning, she tracked his cellphone to an abandoned apartment and discovered her son's body.
Four suspects, including three teenagers and a 22-year-old man, have now been charged with murder in the death of Austin Payne in Albany, Georgia.
According to investigators, Austin was walking with a group of people near Cameo Lane in Dougherty County on October 31 when several armed individuals allegedly approached them, demanded their belongings, and opened fire.
Witnesses suggested that Austin may have been targeted over a handgun he had recently displayed on social media, although police have not confirmed a motive.
Investigators recovered seven 9mm shell casings and reviewed surveillance footage and cellphone records to reconstruct the teenager's final movements.
At approximately 7:35 p.m., surveillance cameras captured six individuals walking toward an apartment at 810 Cameo Lane.
Around 7:58 p.m., another recording showed an individual wearing a hoodie and shorts jumping from a window of the apartment.
Then came a phone call.
At approximately 8:03 p.m., Austin called his mother and told her he had been shot and needed help.
According to the police report, his mother initially believed he might be joking because of remarks he had made previously. But after repeatedly trying to contact him and receiving no response, she grew increasingly concerned.
When Austin failed to return home that night, his mother began searching for him.
On the morning of November 1, she used cellphone tracking to locate his phone inside an apparently abandoned apartment at 810 Cameo Lane, Apartment B.
She went inside and found her 15-year-old son lying unresponsive on the floor.
Police arrived around 9:51 a.m., and Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler pronounced Austin dead at approximately 10:30 a.m.
The suspects charged with murder are:
- Jansquincey Donaldson, 15
- Omari Marion, 15
- Adarious Wallace, 16
- Detravion Parker, 22
All four were arrested and booked into the Dougherty County Jail.
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