Pregnant Woman And Fiance' Kidnapped And Shot In Decatur, GA

Pregnant Woman And Fiance’ Kidnapped And Shot In Decatur, GA

This is crazy and so, so sad.

Via USA Today:

Police are searching for suspects in a deadly Decatur kidnapping. Authorities say a man and a woman were kidnapped early Saturday morning and found just a few hours later handcuffed and each shot in the head. Their families have pulled together a $15,000 reward for anyone who can tell them who did it.

The family says Jeronta Brown and his fiancee, Briana Brooks, took their 8-month-old baby and 14-year-old niece out for a meal. When they got back to their Decatur home, several men jumped them. The children were able to get away, but Brown and Brooks were put into the back of a van. Brown’s aunt, Myesha Brown, said the men tried to get inside the house before leaving.

“The guys walked up, started ringing on the doorbell, beating on the door, yelling, ‘FBI, FBI,'” Brown said. Instead of opening the door, Brown said they called 911. Police did show up, but Brown said they didn’t take the kidnapping seriously. By daybreak, a driver 17 miles away in northwest Atlanta spotted Brooks and Brown lying in the street.

Jerota Brown was dead. Brooks, seven months pregnant with the couple’s second child, was alive. Doctors were able to deliver the baby girl by C-section. Brown says the infant is doing fine, but Brooks’ condition remains uncertain.

DeKalb County police were unavailable to talk about the crime and their response to it because of the holiday weekend.

Really? The police didn’t take the kidnapping seriously and can’t discuss due to the holiday weekend??? Wow. Apparently holidays take precedence over crime. SMH.

Photo: Myesha Brown/USA Today