Henry County Chamber of Commerce/Facebook(LOCUST GROVE, Ga.) Family and friends are mourning the shocking death of a Georgia bookstore owner whose body was found floating in a creek over the weekend. Erica Atkins, 40, the owner of Birdsong Books, was found dead hours after she was reported missing from her home in Locust Grove, about 35 miles southeast of Atlanta, police said. Her body was discovered Sunday by a fisherman in Cedar Creek, several miles from her home, authorities said. Romero Johnson, 38, faces murder and kidnapping charges in connection with her death, Locust Grove Police said. Johnson was an ex-boyfriend of Atkins' who would sometimes work at the bookstore, her brother, Phillip Robinson, told Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB. "It was shocking and extremely, extremely painful," Robinson told WSB. Akins leaves behind a 21-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son, WSB reported. "I'm really going to miss her," her daughter, Jasmine Atkins, told WSB. &
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(LOCUST GROVE, Ga.) Family and friends are mourning the shocking death of a Georgia bookstore owner whose body was found floating in a creek over the weekend. Erica Atkins, 40, the owner of Birdsong Books, was found dead hours after she was reported missing from her home in Locust Grove, about 35 miles southeast
Atkins was the owner of Birdsong Books. Police said 42-year-old Erica Atkins was murdered by her employee, Romero Johnson, who dumped her body in a creek.