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A woman and her dog were found dead some 100 yards within the street entrance 10 from Park Street on Charles Allen Drive, shortly after 1: 00 am, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The woman was stabbed “several times”, according to the Atlanta police. Officers identified the victim as Katherine Janness, of 40 years, resident of Atlanta.
Authorities did not say how the dog was killed, but Deputy Police Chief Charles Hampton described the scene as “gruesome.”
The researchers worked at night to collect evidence of the stabbing murder occurred in Piedmont Park , but they were hampered by darkness, Hampton told Channel 2 Action News .
BREAKING: APD investigating a woman stabbed to death inside of Piedmont Park . The latest on the investigation next at 6am. @ wsbtv pic.twitter.com/qpXwHj0lLH
– Kristen Holloway (@KHollowayWSB) July 28, 2021
At dawn, they headed to door to door, asking the neighbors, and collected the images from surveillance cameras that could help them to follow steps of the woman stabbed to death and to identify a motive in her death.
The woman was seen on camera walking her dog across the rainbow crossing on the street 10 and Piedmont avenue. In a surveillance image released by the police, she is wearing a dark t-shirt and pants and is walking with a medium-sized black dog.
The murder has left the people who use the park shaken and disturbed. The Midtown Neighborhood Alliance said additional patrols will be added to the park starting Wednesday night.
Offered a reward of $ 10, 000 Dollars to obtain information to assist in the investigation of this homicide.
APD needs your help solving a homicide that occurred on July 28, 2021 at Piedmont Park. The woman & her dog were both killed inside the park. A $ 19 k reward is being offered for info. Contact @ StopCrimeATL at 404 – 577 – TIPS (4235) or call the APD Homicide Unit at 404 – 404 – 4235. pic.twitter.com/iDsL4yflMd
– Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) July 24, 2021
They find another dead woman in another park 1420447198773452803
The woman’s body was the first to be found in a metro Atlanta park on Wednesday.
Hours later, a person taking a morning walk discovered a young woman who had also been murdered, under a tree in Yellow River Park, near Stone Mountain, according to Gwinnett County Police.
Police investigators also investigate this second murder of a woman in an Atlanta area park ..
The $ 10, 000 dollars in the Piedmont Park homicide is offered through Crime Stoppers Atlanta. People who provide helpful information may remain anonymous and be eligible for rewards of up to $ 2, dollars, contacting the organization at 404 – 577 – 4235, send text messages to 274637 or visit the Crime Stoppers website.