On Thanksgiving morning in 2019, the quiet of a McDonough, Georgia neighborhood was broken by a grim discovery. Inside a car parked in a cul-de-sac on New Orleans Way, a resident found the bodies of 19-year-old Dahmir Robinson and his 18-year-old girlfriend, Savannah Fulmer. Both had been fatally shot in the head. The couple, who had been in a relationship for three years, were found in a relative's vehicle. Robinson was a recent graduate of Woodland High School, and Fulmer was a senior at Eagle's Landing High School.
The investigation into the double homicide revealed a tragic story of a drug deal that turned into a robbery and murder. Authorities determined that on the evening of November 27, 2019, Robinson and Fulmer had arranged to meet Aljanon Antwan Joyner to sell him marijuana. Joyner, who was 17 at the time, had texted the couple to set up the meeting in the City Square neighborhood. However, he had no intention of buying the drugs and had planned to rob them. While inside the car with the couple, Joyner shot both Robinson and Fulmer before fleeing the scene. At the time of her death, Fulmer was pregnant with what would have been the couple's first child.
The McDonough Police Department quickly identified Aljanon Joyner as the primary suspect. He was arrested and charged with two counts of murder, feticide, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, along with related weapons charges. In March 2023, then 20-year-old Joyner pleaded guilty to two counts each of malice murder, felony murder, feticide, aggravated assault, armed robbery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and one count of possession of a firearm by a person under the age of 18. A Superior Court Judge sentenced Joyner to life in prison plus an additional 25 years for his crimes. During the sentencing, the court heard from Fulmer's mother, who spoke of the profound loss of her only daughter, her unborn granddaughter, and Robinson.
