The Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that three more individuals have been charged for their alleged involvement in the shooting death of Mallory Lyric Warden, 19, of Jasper.
Warden was found in her vehicle with a gunshot wound at the 200 block of South Main Street in Ellijay on Wednesday, Sept. 18. She was transported to the hospital, where she died. Authorities later determined the shooting took place on Talona Road in Gilmer County.
Both Aspen Leigh Cagle, 15, of Ball Ground and Madison Alina Grace Perez, 19, of Ellijay, have been charged with felony murder, according to the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office.
Police say Elizabeth “Rylie” Sue Henson, 17, of Ball Ground was also arrested and charged with felony robbery.
Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson said authorities believe the teens had conspired to commit a string of robberies in the area.
“These charges stem from this entire group conspiring to commit and committing a series of armed robberies between Ellijay and Jasper,” Nicholson said. “Unfortunately, Mallory Warden was killed during one of these planned robberies.”
The recent charges now bring the number of arrests in the case to seven people.
On Sept. 20, officers arrested Gray Anthony McClure, 21, of Ellijay; Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, 17, of Ellijay; and Davonnte Lavon Brehon, 18, of Ellijay, on felony murder charges for their alleged role in Warden’s death.
A fourth person, Anthony Jared Inestruza Whisnant, 19, of Ellijay, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 21, and was also charged with felony murder in connection with the shooting, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is spearheading the investigation into Warden’s murder, along with detectives from the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Cleveland at 706-348-4866, the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 706-635-4646, or submit a tip through the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office mobile app.
