Murray County Sheriff releases details on arrest of Marshall Payne

CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) – The Sheriff of Murray County is offering details on the arrest of Marshall Payne on Tuesday evening.

Payne has been charged with the murder of D.J. Fickey in Walker County back in 2016.

The case was originally ruled a suicide, but the family always considered it a case of murder.

Just a month ago, Walker County indicted Payne.

Sheriff Jimmy Davenport says his investigators were notified on Tuesday that Payne was actually living in his county.

They contacted him, went to his house and took him into custody without incident.

The Sheriff did note that Payne told his officer that he was innocent.

Payne has now been taken back to Walker County.

The family has been highly critical of both the Walker County and GBI investigations.

Neither agency has released information on the arrest of Payne at this point.