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Michael Allen Cantrell

Case from Newnan, GA dated Oct 20, 2014

Victim Details

Michael Allen Cantrell

Male

White / Caucasian

Newnan

GA

2014-10-20

20

Michael

Allen Cantrell

07/04/2026

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On an autumn day in 2014, the quiet community of Newnan, Georgia, was shaken by the discovery of a grim scene. Inside a residence on Widgeon Drive, the bodies of two young men were found, their lives cut short by violence. One of the victims was 20-year-old Michael Allen Cantrell, a Caucasian male. Alongside him was his friend, 26-year-old Wesley Daniel Watson. Both men had been fatally shot in what investigators would soon determine was a double homicide.

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