A Georgia man has been arrested in a decades-old cold case of the rape and murder of a young woman over 40 years ago, authorities announced.
Freddie Lee Granger Jr., 68, was charged with one count of rape, malice murder, aggravated assault and two counts of felony murder in the death of Sandra Kaye Davis, Waycross Police Department discovered her body next to a home on Kollock Street in Waycross Sept. 1, 1984, officials said.
Authorities determined Davis had been strangled to death.
After the discovery, local officials requested that GBI assist with investigating the case.
The case ran cold for several decades as authorities continued to investigate.
Nearly 42 years later, DNA technology linked Granger to Davis’ alleged killing, officials said.
Granger was located and taken into custody March 31, according to GBI.
He was later booked into the Ware County Jail, authorities said.
The Waycross Police Department, Ware County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia Department of Community Supervision and GBI’s Cold Case Unit assisted the GBI Regional Investigative Office in both the investigation and arrest of Granger.
The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities ask anyone with information to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office at 912-389-4103 or submit a tip online.