Missing Fort Valley man found dead in Atlanta

UPDATE: The Atlanta Police Department said Iquane Brown, 30, was charged with murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, hijacking of a motor vehicle, kidnapping, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on Feb. 3. The press release says this is due to his involvement in the homicide. Brown is currently being held in the Houston County Jail on unrelated charges, according to the press release. 

WARNER ROBINS – A person of interest is arrested after a man was found deceased in the 2000 block of Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy NW in Atlanta.

According to the Atlanta Police Department’s press release, the department’s homicide unit was notified by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 29 of a possible deceased person in the area.

The victim was a former basketball coach at Fort Valley State University and was previously reported missing, according to Captain Nate Noler with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office.

Atlanta police officers responded to the scene and located the victim deceased from what appeared to be gunshot wounds. On Jan. 31, Atlanta Police Department identified the individual who ordered the rideshare in Houston County as 30-year-old Iquane Brown as a person of interest.

According to the press release, Brown is currently in custody at the Houston County Jail on an unrelated armed robbery charge out of Warner Robins.