This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.
A Georgia man accused of murder is on the run, reportedly with a missing woman, police say.
According to the Butts County Sheriff’s Office, authorities are searching for Cody Bryce Matthews in connection with the death of William Ryan Ray, 30, in Butts County. Details surrounding the victim’s death are scant, but he was reportedly shot Sunday afternoon in the Jackson Glenn subdivision, at the pool area.
The Jackson Progress-Argus reports that several children were around the area playing when the shooting occurred, according to witnesses at the scene.
Investigators allege Matthews shot the victim, then possibly took 21-year-old Autumn Keara Finlay against her will. Finlay is considered “in extreme danger.”
“Cody HAS been violent towards my sister in the past so I do not believe her to be safe right now and do believe she is being held against her will,” Finlay’s sister, Chrichelle Wood, posted on Facebook. “Autumn has 2 little boys to come home to and would not just run off with Cody.”
Posted by Chrichelle Wood on Monday, April 6, 2020
Butts County Sheriff’s Office said that a reward is being offered for information that leads to the pair.
Matthews is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Matthews and Finlay should contact 911 immediately.
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[Feature Photo: Cody Matthews, Autumn Keara Finlay/Butts County Sheriff’s Office]
