5-Year-Old Ga. Girl Found Slain in Bed Suffered 'a Horrible Death,' and Caretaker Is Charged

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Gathright was convicted and sentenced to prison for multiple violent robberies of women in the Atlanta area in 2014, WSB-TV reports. According to the station 2, he was paroled in 2018 and began probation in August.

He currently remains behind bars without bond.

It was not immediately clear if he has entered a plea to the charges against him and attorney information was not available Friday.

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