In the quiet suburbs of Stockbridge, Georgia, a distressing scene unfolded on an April evening in 2017. Responding to a call about a shooting, Clayton County police arrived at a home on Black Forest Trail to find the front door slightly ajar. Inside, they discovered the body of 27-year-old Priscilla Colbert, a female military wife and mother of two young children. She was found lying face-down, having sustained at least one gunshot wound.
Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene, leaving a community in shock and a family devastated by the sudden, violent loss.
The initial investigation moved quickly as homicide detectives began to piece together the events that led to the young mother's death. Authorities initially announced they had identified several 'persons of interest' and were conducting interviews to gather more information, though a specific suspect was not immediately named. The mystery began to unravel when police identified Victor Demetrius Baymon as the suspect. The Clayton County Sheriff's Office's elite fugitive squad joined the manhunt and soon located Baymon driving a U-Haul truck. When deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop, Baymon tried to evade them by ramming a patrol car with the large truck. His attempt to escape was futile; deputies converged on the vehicle, cutting off his path and taking him into custody.
Following his dramatic arrest, Victor Demetrius Baymon faced a litany of serious charges, including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and possession of a firearm. The case against him seemed significant, especially given the circumstances of his capture which included two additional counts of aggravated assault on an officer and fleeing police. However, when the case went to trial, a jury found Baymon not guilty on the murder, kidnapping, and assault charges related to Colbert's death. He was only convicted on the charge of fleeing from police. For that offense, he was sentenced to five years in prison and was subsequently released in 2022.
