GRIFFIN, Ga. — After several delays due to COVID-19, a Spalding County jury has found a man guilty of murder.
A golfer found Pierce’s body in the woods near the 17th tee at the City of Griffin Golf Course.
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Police say Pierce had been dead for several days before his body was found. He had been shot several times.
Investigators told Channel 2 Action News after his death that Wilkerson and Pierce were both members of the “Sex Money Murder” gang, which is a subset of the Bloods criminal street gang.
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Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Marie Broder announced that Wilkerson had been convicted of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, theft by taking a firearm, possession of a pistol under the age of 18 and violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
Wilkerson’s sentencing hearing is set for May 16.
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