Ga. man arrested on murder charges a year after woman vanished

ALBANY, Ga. — A man has been arrested in the murder of a Georgia woman who vanished last year.

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Lacambria Toomer vanished from Albany on August 2022. She was last seen with her child’s father, who is a truck driver. He told police that he dropped her off at a Love’s Truck Stop in Cordele, Georgia, though police say that isn’t true.

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On Wednesday, Ryan Cooper, 25, was arrested on murder charges, according to the Dawson Police Department.

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The relationship between Cooper and Toomer is unclear. It’s unclear what led to Cooper’s arrest.

Toomer’s body has not been recovered. She was the mother to a 1-year-old boy.

Her phone last pinged in Dawson, Georgia near some abandoned houses. Dawson is about a half-hour drive from Albany.

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