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Mitchell Dale Smallwood

Case from Cleveland, GA dated Jun 30, 2020

Victim Details

Mitchell Dale Smallwood

Male

White / Caucasian

Cleveland

GA

2020-06-30

41

Mitchell

Dale Smallwood

07/09/2026

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On a late June day in 2020, the quiet of Happy Hollow Road in Cleveland, Georgia, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When White County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene, they discovered the body of 41-year-old Mitchell Dale Smallwood, a white male, who had been fatally shot. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist the local sheriff's office with the homicide case.

The investigation into Smallwood's death quickly led to an arrest. Rita Sanders-Luse, a 66-year- ...
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  • Woman sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2020 shooting death of Hall man
  • Mitchell Dale Smallwood - Obituary - Barrett Funeral Home
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    Has anyone else been curious about the dynamic between Mitchell and Rita Sanders-Luse before this tr... ...Read More
    12/27/2023
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    Has anyone else noticed the strange connection between Mitchell and Rita Sanders-Luse? From what I u... ...Read More
    02/03/2023
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