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Ariel Nichole Golsen

Case from Tifton, GA dated Jul 31, 2015

Victim Details

Ariel Nichole Golsen

Female

Black / African American

Tifton

GA

2015-07-31

18

Ariel

Nichole Golsen

07/15/2026

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On a summer morning in Tifton, Georgia, a sense of unease settled over a home on Cole Street. On July 31, 2015, a relative discovered a tragic scene, finding 18-year-old Ariel Nichole Golsen and 26-year-old Horace Brinkley Jr. deceased inside the residence. Both had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. The Tift County Sheriff's Office was alerted to the grim discovery shortly before 9 a.m. and quickly responded to the home.

The deaths of the young woman and man were immediately treated as a dou ...
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    Did anyone else notice that nobody seems to be talking about the security in that neighborhood? I me... ...Read More
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    I can't stop thinking about what Ariel's family must be going through. Losing someone so young and f... ...Read More
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