Georgia Police Use Facebook To Talk To Cop Killer

The Athens-Clark Police Department in Georgia is using its Facebook page to try to convince the suspect of a cop murder to turn himself in.

The Athens-Clark Police County Department has been communicating with a murder suspect via Facebook.

Police have been looking for Jaime Hood, suspected of killing Senior Patrol Officer Elmer “Buddy” Christian, since last Tuesday. A Facebook wall post that went up late last night, the department said that the suspect can turn himself in and will not be killeds:

What the police is perhaps failing to realize is that Hood may be talking about the death penalty: according to Online Athens, Hood had left prison two years ago after serving 12 years for armed robbery.

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