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Caylen Gooch

Case from Covington, GA dated Aug 11, 2015

Victim Details

Caylen Gooch

Male

Black / African American

Covington

GA

2015-08-11

19

Caylen

Gooch

06/29/2026

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In the early morning hours of August 11, 2015, the quiet of the Pebble Brook subdivision in Covington, Georgia, was broken by the discovery of a young man's body lying in the street. The victim, a Black male identified as 19-year-old Caylen Gooch, had been shot. At the time of his death, Gooch was a sophomore at Clayton State University. Investigators found a trail of blood indicating that Gooch had walked 75 to 100 yards before collapsing. An autopsy later revealed he had been shot once in the ...
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  • Supreme Court upholds murder conviction - The Covington News
  • William Winston arrested in murder of Caylen Gooch
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    I'm curious if anyone else noticed the discrepancies in the timeline leading up to the arrest of Wil... ...Read More
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