‘Suspicious death’ leads to man’s arrest for murder

A 50-year-old Dublin man was arrested and charged with the murder of a Dublin woman on Sunday.

Edward Johnson was taken into custody Tuesday evening in the death of Pam Rozier, 48, of Dublin. Laurens County 911 received a call around 9:02 a.m. Sunday, June 15 in reference to a person who was dead at Claxton Homes Apartment 26A. 

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Laurens County Deputy Coroner Nathan Stanley said Rozier was pronounced dead at 9:28 a.m. Sunday. Stanley said Monday that there being “a lot of suspicious activity” when EMS and officers with the Dublin Police Department arrived at the scene. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to process the scene. Rozier’s body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab in Atlanta for an autopsy. The cause of death was not known as of press time. 

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Eastman at (478) 374-6988 or the DPD at (478) 277-5023. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.