A week and a half later, we now know who officers took into custody after a body was found inside a Madison County home on Feb. 5. Dawton Gage Whatley, 19, has been charged with murder after officers were called to a residence in the 100th block of Haley Creek.
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A man has been charged after a body was found inside a Madison County home. The Madison County Journal reported Dawton Whatley, 19, of Washington County, was arrested and charged with the murder. Health Hall, with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, said deputies responded to the location on Haley Creek [.]