In the quiet early hours of Christmas Eve in 2016, a tragic story began to unfold in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Carlos Kaigler, a 34-year-old male, was caught in a violent altercation that would abruptly end his life. An argument on Sharonton Way escalated to a horrifying degree when Kaigler was shot eight times.
Following the shooting, a mysterious man drove Kaigler in a Chevrolet Tahoe to DeKalb Medical's Hillandale campus.
He gave a nurse the wounded man's name and then vanished, leaving Kaigler to face his fate alone. Despite the efforts of medical staff, he was pronounced dead within minutes of his arrival. The a Chevrolet Tahoe would later return to the hospital carrying Kaigler's girlfriend and another woman; both were questioned by police but were not charged.
The investigation into Kaigler's death led authorities to a chilling discovery at the scene of the shooting. Someone had attempted to wash away the evidence of the violent encounter, using bleach to scrub the blood from the driveway in a desperate attempt to conceal the crime.
Weeks after the fatal shooting, the investigation culminated in the arrest of Jonathan Barton, who was 47 years old at the time. He was taken into custody and charged with the murder of Carlos Kaigler. Another man, 47-year-old Benjamin Taylor, was also implicated in the aftermath of the crime. He was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence, though the specifics of his involvement in the cleanup were not immediately clear. The details of the argument that led to such a tragic end for Carlos Kaigler remained unclear.
