COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Warrants have been issued for another person police say is connected to the murders of three people, including a golf pro, at a Cobb County golf course in July.
The bodies of the three victims were found at the Pinetree Country Club on July 4.
Employee and golf professional Gene Siller was found with a gunshot wound to the head at the 10th hole.
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Two more victims, Paul Pierson and Henry Valdez, were found shot to death in the bed of a pickup truck that had been driven onto the green on the private course near Kennesaw State University.
Warrants obtained by Channel 2 Action News have been issued for Justin Caleb Pruitt on kidnapping charges in connection to the murders.
Bryan Rhoden, 23, was arrested a few days after the bodies were found on similar kidnapping as well as on murder charges.
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According to warrants, Pruitt was a co-conspirator with Rhoden and participated in binding Pierson and Valdez with duct tape and zip ties against their will near warehouse on Jonesboro Road. He then helped drive them to the country club, where Rhoden shot the two men in the truck as well as Siller, who happened to be on the golf course at the time, according to police.
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When Rhoden was arrested, police confiscated a large amount of money.
It’s unclear how Rhoden and Pruitt were connected to Pierson and Valdez. Police said they had no connection to Siller.
Rhoden had prior arrests for drugs.
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