Body found near mall is that of missing woman's
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Posted 12:18AM on Saturday, June 8, 2002
ATLANTA - Authorities have determined that a body found near a southwest Atlanta mall was that of a woman missing since last weekend. <br>
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The medical examiner's office still had not determined Friday the cause of death of Shaquilla Weatherspoon, 28. <br>
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Decomposition made it difficult for investigators to positively identify the body, Atlanta Police Sgt. John Quigley said Thursday. Police found the body in woods near Greenbriar Mall about 12:45 p.m. <br>
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Earlier Thursday, police found Weatherspoon's car, a white, 2002, Ford Focus, at Capitol Homes near downtown Atlanta, not far from Grady Memorial Hospital where she worked. A brick had been used to smash the car's windshield. An anonymous call led police to the car. <br>
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Weatherspoon worked as a part-time Fulton County sheriff's employee. She disappeared shortly after leaving her job guarding prisoners being treated at Grady. <br>
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Weatherspoon's husband, Ray McKinney, said she had been missing since early Saturday morning. McKinney said he and his wife had argued just before she disappeared. He said he accused her of going to see another man. <br>
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The couple had a 6-year-old daughter. Police searched the couple's home Thursday but did not comment on what they were looking for there.