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Matthew Hicks

Case from Mcdonough, GA dated Oct 27, 2016

Victim Details

Matthew Hicks

Male

White / Caucasian

Mcdonough

GA

2016-10-27

18

Matthew

Hicks

06/29/2026

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In the fall of 2016, a gathering of young people at a bonfire in Henry County, Georgia, ended in a horrific act of violence that claimed the lives of four individuals, including 18-year-old Matthew Hicks of McDonough. The male teenager and his friends were at a home on Moccasin Gap Road on the night of October 26, 2016, for a social event. It was a night that would unravel into a tragedy, leaving a community in shock and several families devastated.

During the bonfire, an argument is beli ...
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