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The Texas man accused in the 1999 death of a Stockbridge woman who’s body was found in Butts County has pleaded guilty to malice murder and received a sentence of life in prison. Fuquah Dewalt Cashaw, 47, had been facing a possible death sentence if convicted of the murder of Heather Davidson, 22, whose body was found along Kermit Williams…

Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jonathan L. Adams has announced two appointments to key positions in the prosecutor’s office. Cindy Adams will join the office in Lamar County in the new year as Deputy Chief Assistant DA, and will assume the role of Chief Assistant DA when Jonathan Adams deploys to the Middle East with his Georgia National Guard unit…