Gave a very emotional testimony to try to get a long sentence for briel. At one point, he talked about how in court there was an audiotape played of a phone call steven briel made to his family. Thomas mann said, when they were talking about books and movies and laughing, my daughter was in a box in the ground, rotting. His emotional testimony may have influenced the jury. They did recommend a life sentence. Attorneys on both sides spoke outside the courthouse. We begin with the attorney who prosecuted the case. Given the brutality of this case, it was a very just sentence. This tragedy has unfolded. The family is still shocked, confused, and perplexed. But when you love someone, you dont abandon them of need. Reporter the jury said that br iel should spend the rest of his life behind bars but the judge set the official sentencing for july 12. Tom, thanks. A child rushed to the hospital after a near drowning in southeast. Police say the boy is under the age of 10. He was found in a poo
Just a steady decay :
For the last five months, Macon-Bibb County has stepped up their effort to bust neighborhood blight. Now, they’re starting the push on commercial blight the large office spaces that are vacant and decaying around town.
Mayor Lester Miller gave us a list of 10 blighted properties that he says are the ones that create the most complaints to the county. For #13Investigates, Ashlyn Webb pulled property records to find out who owns Macon’s worst blight.
For years, the Shirley Hills neighborhood has watched this office space deteriorate.
“I see a dilapidated eyesore, especially from the other side of the building. From the interstate. It s halfway burned. There s graffiti all over it. It looks terrible,” said Katie White, president of the neighborhood association.