
Negligent Property Owners May Share Liability for the Rape of a 12-Year-Old Atlanta Boy
- December 1, 2019
- Attorney Matt Stoddard
- Catastrophic Injury
On a winter day in early 2018, a boy was snatched off of Beaufort Highway in Atlanta and dragged into a nearby apartment, where two men took turns raping him. Nobody in the building noticed or responded to the abduction until the boy managed to escape from the unit where he was being held and ran to the complex’s leasing office for help. One of the two suspected perpetrators was apprehended immediately, while the other spent a week eluding capture, leading law enforcement to worry that he mi...