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Back in 1984, 22-year-old Sandra Kaye Davis fell victim to a brutal assault and strangulation in Waycross. Now, after 41 years, a breakthrough has led to an arrest.
WAYCROSS, Ga. — Decades after the tragic murder of a young woman in Waycross, authorities have finally apprehended a suspect linked to the crime.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has revealed that Freddie Lee Granger Jr., a 68-year-old resident of Ware County, was taken into custody on Tuesday. He faces charges for the rape and murder of Sandra Kaye Davis, who was just 22 at the time of her death. Granger would have been in his mid-20s during the incident.
Davis’s lifeless body was found on September 1, 1984, by police officers beside a house on Kolluck Street in Waycross, according to the GBI. Persistent DNA testing over the years has now connected Granger to this long-standing case.
Currently held in the Ware County Jail, Granger faces multiple charges: one count of rape, one count of aggravated assault, one count of malice murder, and two counts of felony murder, all associated with Davis’s murder.
Granger Jr. is a registered sex offender in Georgia and has been in and out of prison since 1976 on various charges, including a 1992 rape conviction. He was most recently released from prison in April 2025 after serving a sentence for failing to register as a sex offender, according to Georgia records.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information on Davis’ death is asked to contact the GBI at 912-389-4103. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online.