Six years after the gruesome murder of Harry Hubbard and his wife Deborah, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office said they do not have the needed evidence to try and convict their accused killer, Cornelius Muckle.
However, attorneys say problems with the initial investigation accusing the wrong man may have made the prosecution of Muckle difficult.
Muckle was not the first person arrested in connection with the crime.
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Around 4 a.m. on July 3, 2018, firefighters rushed to northwest Atlanta to find a home on fire and bodies inside. Firefighters found the remains of Deborah and Harry Hubbard, who were likely strangled shortly before the fire began.
Months later, police arrested Deborah’s eldest son, Sylvester, for the murder . Sylvester was known for seeing his mom almost daily and saw them before leaving at 9 p.m. that night.
According to court paperwork, the detective wrote in his affidavit to get an arrest warrant that Sylvester acted suspiciously after the fire and had bought alcohol and moth balls shortly before the fire.