Douglas Daily News
September 23 - 24, 2006
 

GBI: No arrest made      

Staff Reports
Douglas Daily News

DOUGLAS — Authorities investigating the shooting death of 39-year-old Doris Worrell remained tight-lipped Friday, saying that no arrests had yet been made but declining further comment.

GBI officials said that because the investigation was still active they could and would not comment on potential suspects or a motive for the crime.

Rumors of an arrest ran rampant Friday afternoon, but GBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Scott Whitley said that no arrest had been made and that once one had been made an announcement would be made quickly.

A joint statement issued Thursday by the GBI and Coffee County Sheriff’s Office contains the only information released by authorities since the shooting on Wednesday morning.  That statement places the time of the shooting between 9:40 and 11:15 a.m.

The statement said that Doris Worrell and her husband Jon were inside cleaning Jon’s Sports Park that morning.  At approximately 9:40 that morning, Jon Worrell left the sports park to run some errands, while his wife remained on the premises to continue cleaning.  When he returned at approximately 11:15 a.m., he found his wife shot.  Officers responded to a 911 call at approximately 11:17 a.m., and had the scene surrounded and secure shortly afterwards.

On Thursday, Coffee County sheriff’s deputies set up traffic checkpoints at the intersection of Thompson Drive and Bowens Mill Road and at the intersection of Simmons Drive and Highway 158 West.  According to sheriff’s department officials, the checkpoints were places for investigative purposes.

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