In the early morning hours of Saturday, May 13, 2017, the quiet of a Douglas, Georgia community was broken by a grim discovery. Inside a residence at 6280 Hwy 32 West, 57-year-old Oletha Brady, a female, was found unresponsive. When deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff's Office arrived at the scene around 1:00 AM, they found Brady deceased from what appeared to be a gunshot wound.
Also present in the home was 58-year-old Walter Russell Wright. He was taken into custody and transported to the Coffee County Jail for questioning by investigators and agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, who had been called in to assist with the death investigation. Following the interview, Wright was arrested in connection with Brady's death.
Authorities charged Walter Russell Wright with one count of Malice Murder and one count of Possession of a Firearm during the commission of a crime. He was held at the Coffee County Jail following his arrest. The investigation into the death of Oletha Brady was described as active and ongoing as law enforcement continued to pursue leads in the case. Brady's body was scheduled to be taken to the GBI Medical Examiner's Office in Macon for an autopsy.
