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What happened to Erica Atkins? Employee charged as Georgia bookstore owner is found dead

Author

Lily Fisher

Published Jan 16, 2026

Erica Atkins, a 40-year-old book shop proprietor who was accounted for missing on Sunday, Walk 5, was found dead close to Cedar Stream a few hours after the fact. One of her representatives, Romero Johnson (38), has been blamed for grabbing Atkins and killing her later.

Moreover, the suspect has been arrested at the Henry Area Prison. Police specialists are yet to uncover the thought process behind the grabbing or the supposed homicide of Erica Atkins.

The casualty’s body was found at around 1.15 pm by an angler in Cedar Rivulet. Atkins, who abandons numerous youngsters, the most youthful of whom is only 10 years of age, has been depicted as a “cherished individual from her local area.”

In the wake of vanishing and being accounted for missing on Walk 5, a heartbreaking piece of information hit the local area in Henry Region, when 40-year-old Erica Atkins was tracked down dead in a brook. The whole local area, including her loved ones, are in profound shock and are grieving the deficiency of the proprietor of Birdsong Books in Henry Region.

Not long after that Erica’s worker Romero Johnson was arrested and accused of abducting and killing her. They purportedly were “companions and associates.” Grasshopper Forest police accept that Johnson killed 40-year-old at her home prior to unloading her body along the thruway in Cedar Rivulet.
“Erica was a bustling lady. She was focused on aiding her local area. She gave books-gave her time. As a matter of fact, she came last year to my day camp and read to my children gave her time there. Erica was only a support point locally. She just won the Public Independent company of the Year through the Office of Commerce.”Erica’s loved ones are devastated after the supposed homicide of the 40-year-old

A post-mortem examination will allegedly be performed which will decide the reason and way of Erica Atkins’ demise. Analysts have encouraged individuals to approach on the off chance that they have any data in regards to the casualty’s passing. Besides, police specialists have likewise procured a second warrant for Romero on doubt of killing the book shop proprietor.