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Union City murder

Mon, 09/04/2006 - 9:03am
By: Ben Nelms

A Union City man was charged Aug. 24 with the murder of long time city resident Thelma Ransom.

David Bates, 53, was charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, according to Union City Police Public Information Officer George Louth.

The 63 year-old Ransom was found in her home on Lower Dixie Lakes Road by a relative Aug. 22, Louth said. Bates was known to the victim though police have not established a motive at this time, Louth said.

Bates is being held in Fulton County Jail.

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Union City Murder
Submitted by babygirl on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 7:19am.

To set the record straight...

Thelma Ransom was 60 years old, not 63
She was found by her daughter on Aug. 21, not Aug 22
Bates had a knife, not a firearm

She lived in a duplex, Bates was her neighbor in the other side of the duplex and had lived there for almost a year.

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