Name: James Samuels.
Age at death: 69.
Disability: Leg amputee.
Name: Janet Samuels.
Age at death: 67.
Disability: Unspecified disability.
Name: Lachesta “Shasta” Childs.
Age at death: 47.
Disability: Autism.
Died: March 31, 2020.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Macon, Georgia, USA.
Details:
After Janet’s sister’s boyfriend assaulted her sister and Janet tried to intervene, James, Janet, and Shasta were shot by the boyfriend of Janet’s sister, who then proceeded to kidnap his two-year-old son. Janet’s sister escaped to safety; the toddler was rescued unhurt after a police standoff ended in the killer’s arrest.
Janet leaves behind a twin sister; her sister remembers that the two were inseparable until Janet’s death.
Case Status:
Caesar Crockett (Sister’s boyfriend), convicted of three counts of murder and kidnapping, sentenced to life without parole.
Sources:
‘You need to die in the penitentiary’: Macon man convicted of triple murder and kidnapping
Autism Memorial: Lachesta Childs