Wednesday, October 25, 2000
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Wednesday, October 25, 2000 |
| Jamaican man extradited
in SUV drug murder case
By JOHN
MUNFORD
A Jamaican man will join two others in facing murder charges for the death of Adolf Stubbs, whose remains were found inside a burned sport utility vehicle in north Fayette County on March 31, 1999. Paul Hylton was delivered from Jamaica to local authorities last week by the U.S. Marshal's Office, said Maj. Bruce Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department. Hylton is charged only with murder, while two other men Glen Simon Hamilton and Karl Bryan Hodge also face charges of aggravated assault, arson and other firearms violations. Hylton provided information during an interview in Jamaica that made the effort to extradite him worthwhile, Jordan said. Hylton has already been moved to another jail facility while he awaits trial, a move that was requested by District Attorney William McBroom. Jamaican authorities wouldn't allow Hylton to be extradited without assurances that he wouldn't face the death penalty. That led McBroom to drop the death penalty against Hamilton and Hodge earlier this year. Investigators believe Stubbs, a Jamaican native, was in the Atlanta area for a drug deal. He was last seen with one of the defendants transporting about 150 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle, according to law enforcement records. Hylton's apprehension is viewed as a major break in the case, and it caught McBroom by surprise that the Sheriff's Department was able to locate him. Investigators traveled to Jamaica earlier this year with the main goal of securing DNA samples from Stubbs's parents since his body was so badly burned it was difficult to identify. But when they went to Jamaica, the detectives also had one crucial factor that led to Hylton's arrest his home address.
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