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Newnan police arrest man in 2011 killing of Blake Tyler Chappell
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Newnan Police Chief Brent Blankenship announced Sept. 12, 2025, that detectives arrested Scottie Elliott Smith on multiple felony charges in the 2011 death of Blake Tyler Chappell; the case remains under investigation.
Newnan Police Chief Brent Blankenship announced Sept. 12, 2025, that detectives arrested Scottie Elliott Smith in connection with the 2011 death of Blake Tyler Chappell.
The case began when Blake Tyler Chappell was reported missing Oct. 16, 2011, after leaving a girlfriend's home off Mary Freeman Road and walking toward a friend's house in the Summergrove neighborhood, Blankenship said. Chappell's body was discovered Dec. 19, 2011, and investigators later treated the case as a homicide.
"Smith was not previously investigated. During the investigation into this new lead, the Newnan Police Department detectives corroborated facts of…
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