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DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Loron Spaulding, age 35, of Gainesville, GA, with Malice Murder in relation to the death of Diaja Benson, age 30, of Dawsonville, GA. The Cumming Police Department requested the GBI to investigate Benson’s death.
Spaulding was taken into custody in New Jersey by the U.S. Marshals in relation to Benson’s death. He is currently detained in New Jersey and is awaiting extradition to Georgia, where he will be booked into the Forsyth County Jail.
This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI’s Regional Investigative Office in Cleveland at (706) 348-4866. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
Once the investigation is complete, it will be turned over to the Bell Forsyth Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
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