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Monday, November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Traffic stop leads to arrest of murder suspect

Special to The Beacon NAHUNTA – A Waycross man wanted in Brooks County was taken into custody by the Nahunta Police Department’s Crime Suppression and Intelligence Unit following a traffic stop early Thursday morning.

Willie Daquan Edwards, age unknown, of a Garlington Street address in Waycross, the driver of the Chevrolet Equinox, was wanted for murder, home invasion and two counts of party to a crime in Quitman, Ga.

Investigator Larry Champion with the CSIU conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle for speeding at app roximately 1:30 a.m., April 10.

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