Police Officer Suspected in Murder of Georgia Teen

  A 22-year-old former police officer has been arrested in the murder of 16-year-old high-school junior Susana Morales.

Fox 5 Atlanta

"In the warrant application, officials allege that [Miles] Bryant lives close to where Morales was last reported on Windscape Village Lane and dumped her naked body in the woods.

The warrant also says police suspect Bryant of rape, murder, and other felonies, though the former officer has not been charged with any of those offenses at this time. 

Bryant does face charges of concealing the death of another and false report of a crime. In the warrant, police accuse Bryant of falsely reporting that his vehicle had been broken into and that his gun was stolen."

You would have to see how gorgeous and tiny this teenage girl was, at 5'2 and 115 pounds.  What a cowardly and sickening crime.

A woman Bryant knew from school, Elesha Bates, describes a number of weird and creepy things Bryant allegedly did, including trying to unscrew her doorknob to get in her apartment, which her neighbor brought to her attention.

Bates went to his department.

From the above link:

"She says Bryant became so aggressive she feared for her life and reported the then police officer to his employer Doraville Police and Gwinnett County Police. The 21-year-old says she feared for her life.

Reporter: "Did you get a firearm because of him?"
Bates: "Yes."

Doraville Police says they launched an administrative investigation, talked to Bryant and the behavior stopped. Doraville Police says they told Bates to report any potential criminal charges to the Gwinnett County Police Department."  [Emphasis added]

Sorry, but that's just so infuriating to me, that this bullshit flies.  They had no follow-up questions.  We told this police officer not to act like a lunatic anymore, and he said okay, scout's honor.  And when he allegedly abducts and murders a teenage girl, we get to do a surprised Pikachu face and say it's a stain on law enforcement everywhere as if nobody could have foreseen something like this.

Again from the same link above.

"Gwinnett County Police says they are not sure why her complaint was not followed up on, but they are reopening the case.

Ms. Bates believes both police agencies dropped the ball."

I do, too.  And a teenager got murdered, whoopsie.  The same department that insisted she was a runaway when she was reported missing, assumed Miles would stop acting crazy when they told him to.  They're not sure why her complaint wasn't followed up on?  I know why.  They DGAF.