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WAYCROSS, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has made a significant arrest in a decades-old cold case in southern Georgia.
Freddie Lee Granger Jr., a 68-year-old resident of Ware County, faces serious charges, including rape, aggravated assault, malice murder, and two counts of felony murder. These charges are related to the 1984 assault and murder of 22-year-old Sandra Kaye Davis.
On September 1, 1984, the Waycross Police Department discovered Davis’s lifeless body beside a residence on Kollock Street in Waycross. Investigators revealed that she had been strangled.
Following the grim discovery, the Waycross Police Department sought the expertise of the GBI to aid in their investigation.
Committed to solving this case, the GBI and Waycross Police Department diligently pursued every lead. Recent advancements in DNA testing finally connected Granger to the heinous crime, leading to his arrest.
Through the years, the GBI and the Waycross Police Department remained committed to finding the truth behind Davis’s death. The results of continued DNA testing linked Granger to the crime.
On March 31st, 2026, Granger was taken into custody and booked into the Ware County Jail.
The Waycross Police Department, the Ware County Sheriff’s Office, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, and the GBI’s Cold Case Unit assisted the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas with the investigation and in locating and arresting Granger.
This investigation is still active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas at 912-389-4103.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
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