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Unsolved lynching re-enactment today
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Updated: Jul 23, 2011, 11:19 AM
Published: Jul 23, 2011, 11:20 AM

MONROE, Ga. - A coalition of black lawmakers and social justice groups are gathering to re-enact the 1946 lynching of two black couples at Moore's Ford bridge in northeast Georgia.

The Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials is organizing the annual reenactment on the Moore's Ford Bridge on Saturday at noon.

The group is also urging witnesses of the killings of Roger and Dorothy Malcom and George and Mae Murray Dorsey to come forward.

State Rep. Tyrone Brooks of Atlanta has long championed the effort for justice in the case. He says his message to the killers is "you can run but you can't hide forever."

The four victims were pulled from a car, dragged to the Moore's Ford Bridge and shot to death in July of 1946.

 
April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
Newton County Sheriff Car---WEB
Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.