ACCORDING
TO GRIFFIN CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEN COKER—A THOMASTON
WOMAN WILL SERVE LIFE IN PRISON FOR LEAVING HER
EX-BOYFRIEND TO DIE OF HYPOTHERMIA IN A WOODED AREA IN UPSON
COUNTY. 27 YEAR OLD RUBY KATE COURSEY ENTERED A GUILTY
PLEA TUESDAY IN UPSON SUPERIOR COURT.
COURSEY
HAS ADMITTED USING METH AND MARIJUANA WHEN SHE PUSHED
33 YEAR OLD TROYMAIN JOHNSON OF FT. VALLEY OUT OF THE CAR
AND LEFT HIM TO DIE. JOHNSON WAS A PARAPLEGIC WHO REPORTEDLY
ONLY HAD USE OF THREE FINGERS.
THE
INCIDENT HAPPENED TUESDAY MARCH 14TH—BUT SHE WAITED
TILL FRIDAY TO REPORT IT.
D.A.
COKER SAID ACCORDING TO THE SENTENCE FROM JUDGE CHRIS
EDWARDS—COURSEY MUST SERVE 30 YEARS OF HER SENENCE BEFORE
SHE IS ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.
DURING
THE GUILTY PLEA PROCEEDING—MS. COURSEY SOBBED THAT SHE
REGRETED HER ACTIONS AND ASKED JOHNSON'S FAMILY TO FORGIVE
HER.
PROSECUTOR
COKER CREDITED COOPERATION BETWEEN HIS OFFICE, THE GBI, UPSON
S.O. AND THOMASTON P.D. FOR THE QUICK RESOLUTION OF
THE CASE.
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