Local Village Of America News
Farrah Strength Could Face Death Penalty
Magistrate Judge Alton Johnson denied bond for both
by D. Tim Clark
July 30, 2010
As first reported locally yesterday by The Information Age, the City of Carrollton Police Department confirmed they had found and recovered a body believed to be missing, former University of West Georgia student Marcelle `Marcy` Elliott.
Additionally, Carrollton residents Farrah Strength and Joshua Clay were arrested, charged with murder and appeared in front of Carroll County Magistrate Judge Alton Johnson this afternoon in the matter.
According to information obtained by The Information Age earlier and publicly confirmed today, Marcelle `Marcy` Elliott was strangled to death and her body was dumped next to a creek on rural Laurel Road in Carroll County, Georgia.
During this afternoon`s court appearance, Judge Johnson read aloud the charges against the pair, he made sure Farrah Strength was aware she could be facing the death penalty and he denied both parties bond.
Strength`s neighbor reveals statements
Early this morning, The Information Age raised questions regarding previous statements made by Strength regarding her past. According to Strength`s neighbor E.J. Critten, Strength told him and a friend of his, `I have killed before and I don`t have a problem with killing again,` just a few weeks ago. Also according to Critten, Strength was acting strange last Sunday when he said hello to her.
Carroll County residents may recall the death of Farrah Strength`s father, Jerry Michael Strength, during May of 2003. Recall Strength`s mother, Christine Strength was charged with murder after unloading two handguns into him at the family trailer located on Hays Mill Road.
While Christine Strength was arrested and charged with murder, the Carroll County Grand Jury `No Billed` the matter.
Was Farrah Strength involved in the killing of her father? Was she boasting to her neighbor about participating in the demise of her father back in 2003 when she said `I have killed before?`
The following paragraph has been updated
According to District Attorney Pete Skandalakis, `there was no evidence to indicate that Farrah Strength was present or involved in her father's death. All the evidence indicated that Ms. Christine Strength was the only person involved.`
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