CUMMING, Ga. — A man has been arrested and charged with malice murder in connection with the death of a Dawson County woman whose body was discovered last month, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Loron Spaulding, 35, of Gainesville, has been charged in the death of 30-year-old Diaja Benson of Dawsonville. Authorities said the Cumming Police Department requested the GBI to assist with the investigation.
Benson had been reported missing on February 20, 2026, in Dawson County. On March 13, law enforcement agencies, including the GBI, Cumming Police Department, Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, located her body near Lanier 400 Parkway in Cumming…