DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A woman has admitted on the witness stand she brought a rifle to a New Year’s Eve party where an innocent 15 year old boy was killed. 22-year-old Madison Boden testified a man on trial for murdering the teen had her move the weapon after the shooting.
Boden explained to a jury how she ended up bringing a Draco rifle to the party. She says it began when defendant Jhabre Wilson Facetimed her that night. “He asked me to pick up a gun from our friend’s house,” she stated.
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Boden testified defendant asked her to bring co-defendant White’s weapon to the party on Deering Court in 2021 because rival gang members were there. Boden drove from Alpharetta.
She says White, known as DJ, grabbed the weapon when she got to the party.
Prosecutors say when White and Wilson did not find gang members, they fired multiple shots as they rode away in an a friend’s SUV. A bullet hit and killed 15-year-old Landon Smith, an innocent bystander at the party.-
“He asked me to pick up a gun from our friend’s house,” Boden said.
He said White, known as DJ, grabbed the weapon when she got to the party.
Prosecutors said when White and Wilson did not find gang members, they fired multiple shots as they rode away in an SUV.
A bullet hit Smith, an innocent bystander.
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Boden says days later when she, White and two friends had breakfast, they talked about religion. She says after that breakfast, White made a startling statement. “He said I was having breakfast with two Christians and they were having breakfast with a murderer,” Boden testified.
Boden says she blew the comment off. Then when police searched Wilson’s home and White asked her to give his weapons to a friend, a light went off. “At that point that’s when I realized that something was going on.”
Prosecutors say Boden began deleting messages and pictures from her phone. And the state says it appears she tried to intimidate witnesses. “And did you read off to DJ over the phone the witness list in relation to this case,” the prosecutor asked? “Yes,” Boden replied.
Boden was charged with Murder. But she has accepted a plea deal for testifying truthfully, she said. That’s something the defense said she has not done much of.
Boden says is telling the truth now. “They also told me if I wasn’t truthful today I still could face life in prison as well,” she pointed out.
Boden said prosecutors have offered her a plea deal of 20 years to serve 8 in prison. She would also get First Offender status.
The judge in the case also admonished White and Wilson for making faces at Boden as she testified. The judge said they were trying to intimidate her and there would be serious consequences if that continued.
The trial continues Monday.
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