In May of 2021, the quiet life of a venerable nonagenarian was brought to a tragic and violent end in his own Decatur, Georgia home. William Billy Washington Scott, a 97-year-old male, was discovered deceased by authorities on the morning of Tuesday, May 4th. The grim discovery was made after concerned family and a plumber were unable to get a response from Scott at his residence.
Responding to a call, DeKalb County police officers entered the home to find Scott, a man described as a
'remarkable' World War II veteran. An investigation by the DeKalb Medical Examiner's Office would later confirm that the cause of death was a gunshot wound, turning a case of a worrisome lack of contact into a homicide investigation.
The subsequent police investigation swiftly led to the identification of two suspects. Mark Patrick Fleck and Devin Michele Young were taken into custody in connection with the death of William Scott. Both individuals were charged with murder and home invasion, suggesting a brutal intrusion into the sanctity of Scott's home. Young faced an additional charge of third-degree forgery. Following their arrest, both Fleck and Young were held in the DeKalb County Jail. Further details regarding the motive or the specific events that transpired within the home have not been made widely available. The outcome of the trial and any subsequent convictions for Mark Patrick Fleck and Devin Michele Young in the death of William Billy Washington Scott are not publicly available in the provided search results.
