UPDATE 0708/13 12N: Cody Jamal Mathis, 17, the suspect in the June murder of David Rutherford of Columbus, surrendered to police Sunday afternoon 07/07/2013. The Columbus teen gave himself up to officers around 4:45 p.m. at the office of his attorney Stacey Jackson. Mathis was then taken to the Muscogee County Jail.
Earlier Posting....
A formerColumbus radio personality was found dead in the parking lot of a church, police in western Georgia said Thursday.
Earlier Posting....
A former
57-year-old David Rutherford was found behind Greater Ward Chapel AME Church Wednesday. WTVM-TV reported that the man’s death has been ruled a homicide.
Rutherford, originally from New Jersey , became a taxi driver after retiring from Magic 101.3 FM, now WAGH.
Neighbors told the television station they heard Rutherford being robbed outside of his house.