COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Police have arrested a man in the death of a woman whose body was found in Cobb County last week.
Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell obtained the warrants for Hector David Sagastume Rivas on Tuesday. He faces a felony murder charge for the death of Camillia Williams.
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Police found Williams’ body in a wooded area off Pat Mell Road on Thursday. Williams died sometime between 11 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. Thursday, according to the warrant.
Sagastume Rivas is accused of putting Williams in a chokehold until she lost consciousness. The warrant alleges that he then put his full body weight on her neck, which killed her.
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Channel 2 Action News told you about a SWAT standoff in Cobb County during Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 p.m. on Monday just a few minutes away from where Williams was killed.
Newell has since learned that home was where Sagastume Rivas lived and he was taken into custody after that standoff.
Newell spoke with Williams’ uncle, who remembered as kind and as a mother of several children. He said she didn’t deserve what happened to her.
Sagastume Rivas is currently being held in the Cobb County Detention Center without bond, but will eventually be in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security.
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