A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church after the original suspect was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said. Erik Kristensen Sparre, 61, was jailed on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault in the killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Monday.

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WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church after the original suspect was

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WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities have arrested and charged a southeast Georgia man with the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church. Harold and Thelma Swain were shot to death inside Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Waverly, Georgia. A judge in 2021 exonerated Dennis Perry, who was originally charged in the shooting and spent two decades behind bars. Authorities took a fresh look at the case and say they matched DNA evidence from the crime s…

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A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged with the murder of a couple at a black church in 1985 after the original suspect – who spent 20 years behind bars – was exonerated based on DNA evidence , authorities said. Erik Kristensen Sparre, 61, was jailed on murder and aggravated assault charges in the killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a news release Monday. Sparre was arrested nearly four 

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Erik Kristensen Sparre, 61, was arrested nearly four decades after the couple was fatally shot inside the Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Camden County.

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Man charged over couple's 1985 killing after DNA evidence exonerates original suspect

WOODBINE, Ga.—A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a black church after the original suspect was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said.
Erik Kristensen Sparre, 61, was jailed on charges of murder and aggravated assault in the killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Monday. Sparre was arrested nearly four decades after the couple was fata…

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Georgia Man Arrested in 1985 Church Murders After DNA Evidence Exonerates Original Suspect

Erik Kristensen Sparre, 61, was arrested for the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain, police authorities in Georgia, in the southeastern United States, said. Sparre was arrested nearly four decades after the couple were shot dead inside the Rising Daughter Baptist Church, off the Camden County coast. This man became the focus of a new investigation into the Swains' deaths after authorities concluded that they had initially accused the wrong man. …

Erik Kristensen Sparre, de 61 anos, foi detido pelos homicídios de Harold e Thelma Swain, adiantaram as autoridades policiais da Geórgia, no sudeste dos EUA.   Sparre foi detido quase quatro décadas depois de o casal ter sido morto a tiro dentro da Igreja Batista Rising Daughter, na costa do condado de Camden. Este homem tornou-se o foco de uma nova investigação sobre as mortes dos Swains depois de as autoridades terem concluído que tinham inici…

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WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church after the original suspect was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said.

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WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) -- A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church after the original suspect was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said.

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WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church after the original suspect was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said. Erik Kristensen Sparre, 61, was jailed on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault in the killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Monday. Sparre was arrested nearly four decades after the c…

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