Three men are accused of killing Vanita Nicole Richardson and Truvenia Campbell over a misplaced wallet and dumping their bodies off a bridge in Rome in 2020.  The three will be facing the charges in Cherokee County, Alabama.

The case was moved to Alabama after evidence pointed to the actual killings happening just over the state line.  The killings stemmed from an allegation over a stole wallet after a party in Rome.

Warrants taken out in Cherokee County, Alabama, charge Desmond Brown and Devin Watts with capital murder and Christopher Pullen with murder, according to Chief Deputy Josh Summerford of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.

That means Brown and Watts could potentially face the death penalty in Alabama for the shooting deaths of the two women. At this point the warrants have not yet been served, Summerford said.

While the men still face numerous charges in Floyd County, the case in Floyd County Superior Court has been placed on the dead docket as of Monday to allow for prosecution in Alabama, according to a motion filed by Rome Circuit Assistant District Attorney Emily Johnson.

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