CAPTURED: The search has ended for the man believed to be responsible for multiple stabbings, an abduction, and murder
Pictured from left, are Patricia Hall and Kenton Deshawn Hall
The search for the man believed to be responsible for multiple stabbings, an abduction and murder has ended.
According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, 48-year-old Kenton Hall was apprehended shortly after 3 p.m. today, after evading several law enforcement agencies throughout the day.
Mize says the suspect was shot by an officer after Hall advanced him with a knife. Hall was airlifted to a trauma center.
Hall was wanted in connection to the stabbing of two Toccoa residents and the kidnapping and murder of a Toccoa woman.
As of 1:30 p.m. today, the body of kidnapping victim Patricia Hall, 49, of Toccoa was discovered in a heavily wooded area off of East Franklin Street. The cause of death is still under investigation pending an autopsy at the GBI Crime Lab.
Mize says officers were dispatched to a residence on Mill Street, Monday evening, in reference to a medical call of a person bleeding.
Upon arrival, officers found the first two victims with multiple stab wounds, identified as 64-year-old Robert Maxwell, and 66-year-old Nancy Johnson. The pair were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.
During the investigation it was determined there was a third victim, identified as 49-year-old Patricia Hall, who was possibly injured and kidnapped.
Mize says that after officers secured the scene, the Criminal Investigation Division unit responded to the scene and hospital. The GBI was called in to assist in the investigation and crime scene processing.
The tracking dogs from Lee Arrendale Prison were called to assist with tracking the suspect and victim. GSP Aviation unit was called to assist with the “FLAIR” unit on a grid search.
Mize says officers from the Police Department and Deputies from the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office searched the area and multiple other locations. The Sheriff’s Office CID Unit assisted with INTEL and helped search multiple addresses which were the last known addresses of the suspect.