ATLANTA — Cobb County prosecutors on Wednesday officially announced their intention to seek the death penalty on the man accused of killing three people at a Kennesaw-area golf course last year.
Wearing black pants and a white shirt, Bryan Anthony Rhoden made his first appearance before a Supreme Court judge. The 24-year-old faces three counts of murder and a host of other charges in the July 3, 2021 killings at Pinetree Country Club.
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