COBB COUNTY, Ga — A Cobb County woman is charged with murdering a relative who police believe could be her own mother.
According to the arrest warrant, Gretchen Fortney is accused of hitting 78-year-old Martha Fortney with an unknown object or objects and strangling her to death.
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Cobb County Police were called to the home along Loch Highland Pass in Roswell around 5:10 a.m. on Sept. 30.
When officers arrived, they found the victim in the doorway of a bedroom. Police say the victim’s husband told them that when he found his deceased wife, his daughter was standing near the body.
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But when officers arrived they say Gretchen Fortney had already left the home. Officers found her a few blocks away from the home and arrested her. She is charged with murder and aggravated assault.
Neighbors say the victim lived in the subdivision for a while. At one point she was a part of the older people’s pickleball team.
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