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40 years later, newly formed cold case squad finds Fort Benning Army private’s killer
Rene Blackmore, 20, was an Army private at Fort Benning when she disappeared in 1982. Days later her body was found. Her killer was not -- until now.
In 1982, the body of a Fort Benning Army private was discovered in Chattahoochee County. Her killer was never found.
Now 40 years later, a suspect has been indicted and Channel 2′s Dave Huddleston is the only reporter who has spoken with the men responsible for solving the case.
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“An unsolved homicide case doesn’t go away. it stays in that office. Forever,” GBI cold case squad investigator Don Robertson said.
Four decades later, three retired GBI agents believe they’ve finally found the man responsible for Blackmore’s death.
They make up half the GBI’s newly formed cold case squad.
“We got started in January of 20,” GBI cold case squad investigator Chris Tolbert said.
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They were able to follow an old lead that eventually paid off.
“We’ve got somebody we believe is very guilty and is going to be prosecuted,” Robertson said.
He was referring to the prosecution of Marcelles McCluster, 64, a man already serving a life sentence for a separate homicide.
While they know not every case will have the same outcome, they’re ready for the challenge.
“It’s all about the victims and the victims’ families getting these cases solved and getting the bad guys off the street,” Talkington said.
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The cold case squad didn’t want us to share the specifics of what led them to the indictment, because the case is actually moving through the courts right now and they don’t want anything to jeopardize this case that took 40 years to potentially solve.
