2nd man charged with murder after metro Atlanta man vanishes from restaurant

BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. — Two men have been charged with murder after the body of a missing man was found earlier this week.

Around 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, 25-year-old Taylor Coup was last seen at Shawn O’Brian’s Roadhouse on Highway 36 East in Butts County.

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When officials announced Coup’s body had been found on Tuesday, they added that John Jacob Martin had been charged with felony murder.

Investigators now say a second man, Andrew Codi Davis, has also been arrested and charged with malice murder.

Martin’s charges have been upgraded from felony murder to malice murder.

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Butts County Sheriff Gary Long says they are still investigating the “heinous crime.”

Details on what led up to Coup’s death and how he died have not been released.

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