The Augusta District Attorney’s Office this week announced back-to-back convictions of two Augusta murder suspects.
A suspect in a case set for trial pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering a transgender woman, according to a news release from the district attorney’s office.
Ronald Harris, 44, of Wrens, murdered a transgender woman, legally identified as John Scott DeVore but known by her community as Scottlynn DeVore, on March 12, 2020.
Following DeVore’s disappearance, investigators accessed her security system and found footage of a man and woman wearing rifling through her belongings inside of her apartment, according to previous reporting.
Harris told investigators that he waited for DeVore outside her apartment and then strangled her, according to previous reporting. Harris admitted to using DeVore’s car to dump her body along a state highway and cleaning the car with bleach. Harris disposed of DeVore’s body in Jefferson County, the vehicle in McDuffie County and his phone in Richmond County.