A body was found in some DeKalb County woods. Now, a man is being charged with murder

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A man has been arrested nearly a month after a body was found in some DeKalb County woods.

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On June 17, DeKalb County officers responded to a call about a dead person in the woods near Old Hampton Drive.

Police later learned the victim, Jacquis Miller, 31, had been shot to death and left in the woods.

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DeKalb detectives said the suspect, identified as Gregory Burnside, 39, tried to hide Miller’s body.

About a month later, on Thursday, Burnside was found and arrested. He’s currently being held at the DeKalb County Jail on a charge of malice murder.

The investigation is ongoing.

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