WAYCROSS, Ga. – More than four decades after a young woman was found strangled beside a Waycross home, investigators say they have their suspect.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday the arrest of Freddie Lee Granger Jr., 68, of Ware County, in connection with the 1984 rape and murder of 22-year-old Sandra Kaye Davis. Granger faces one count of rape, one count of aggravated assault, one count of malice murder and two counts of felony murder.
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Body discovered in 1984
On Sept. 1, 1984, Waycross Police Department officers discovered Davis’s body beside a home on Kollock Street in Waycross. She had been strangled. Waycross police later requested GBI assistance with the investigation.
Over the years, the GBI says its investigators and the Waycross Police Department remained committed to finding the truth behind Davis’s death. They say continued DNA testing ultimately linked Granger to the crime.
Arrest made Tuesday
Granger was taken into custody and booked into the Ware County Jail on Tuesday. The Waycross Police Department, the Ware County Sheriff’s Office, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision and the GBI’s Cold Case Unit assisted the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas with the investigation, as well as in locating and arresting Granger.
The GBI says the investigation remains active and ongoing. Once complete, the case file will be forwarded to the Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas at 912-389-4103. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at gbi.georgia.gov or by downloading the ‘See Something, Send Something’ mobile app.