UPDATE: Man wanted in connection with hit-and-run death of 3-year-old now in custody
Deputies say John Paul Battle Jr. turned himself in around 7:20 Tuesday night.
UPDATE (10/15): Deputies say John Paul Battle Jr. turned himself in around 7:20 Tuesday night.
He was taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center and is charged with homicide by vehicle and leaving the scene of a crime.
UPDATE (10/15): The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in helping to locate 40-year-old John Paul Battle Jr., in connection with a fatal hit-and-run.
Battle is wanted in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a 3-year-old boy, Royal Rhodes.
Battle Jr. has a medium build, five-foot ten inches tall and weighs approximately 180 pounds.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
ORIGINAL STORY (10/14):
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 3-year-old boy is dead after being hit by a car on Riverside Drive on Monday morning, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a hotel in the 3900 block of Riverside Drive in reference to a report of a missing person at 3:58 a.m.
Deputies discovered the missing person nearby unresponsive. The missing person was identified as a 3-year-old boy.
The victim, identified by deputies as Royal Rhodes, was pronounced dead on scene by Deputy Coroner Richard Robinson.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, the 3-year-old boy had been struck by an unknown vehicle.
The next of kin has been notified. The body will be sent off for an autopsy to GBI.
Anyone with information can contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500, and speak with a Fatality Investigator.
