Arrest made in cold case death from 2016
WALKER COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) — There has been an update in a cold case death from Walker County from nearly seven years ago.
In the fall of 2016, Donald (DJ) Fickey was found dead.
According to the family, North Georgia authorities made an arrest in the case this week.
Amanda Shirley, Fickey’s sister, says a man named Marshall Payne was arrested in this case and charged with murder.
News 12 has reached out to law enforcement but has not yet received confirmation or any additional details.
Authorities originally ruled the death a suicide, but the family did not believe Fickey committed suicide. They have been nonstop fighting for justice since his death.
They even hired a private investigator.
In August of 2020, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) changed the manner of death from suicide to “undetermined.”
Shirley tells News 12 that Walker County indicted Payne back in April. Murray County deputies arrested him Tuesday night, she added.
DJ Fickey from Amanda Shirley
