Man accused of setting car on fire with body inside captured, Clayton County sheriff says

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A man on a metro Atlanta sheriff’s “Top 10 Most Wanted” list has been taken into custody.

Clayton County sheriff officials said on Sept. 13, Forest Park police and firefighters responded to reports of a car fire.

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After crews extinguished the fire, officers discovered a body inside the trunk of the burned vehicle, deputies said.

The identity of the victim has not been released.

Authorities identified 30-year-old Akiri Ursery-Nicols as the primary suspect in the case.

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Deputies did not specify how they determined his involvement in the crime.

On Wednesday, members of Clayton County Sheriff Leon Allen’s “Elite Units” and Gwinnett County deputies located Ursery-Nichols at a home in Gwinnett County, where he surrendered without incident.

Ursery-Nichols was charged with felony murder, malice murder and first-degree arson. He was booked into the Clayton County Jail with no bond.

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