Police say two more suspects now face charges in the investigation of the death of a Holly Springs police officer’s 20-year-old daughter, whose body was found abandoned outside a trailer in Jasper on Aug. 29. Darleen V. George, 51, of Cartersville, and Dustin Cox, 25, of Canton, have each been charged with possession of methamphetamine and reckless conduct in relation to the death of Taylor Deloria Smith of Holly Springs.
Pickens deputies arrested the first two suspects, Marty Gaddis, 38, and Denise F. Patterson, 51, last week and charged each with abandonment of a dead body, concealing the death of another, two counts of tampering with evidence, possessionof a controlled substance and reckless conduct in the case.
The two latest suspects are believed to have also been at the home in Jasper where Smith died, along with the first two arrested.