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Police search for slaying suspect

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VILLANOW - Authorities said Tuesday that a man wanted for questioning in the slaying of two brothers doing volunteer work at the Mountain Top Boys Home had been seen in south Georgia. <br> <br> Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said Donnie Allen Hulett, 21, might be traveling to Telfair County, two counties away from where he was spotted, to stay with a relative. <br> <br> Hulett is wanted in Bartow County for vehicle theft. Authorities said some acquaintances from Calhoun said Hulett stayed with them Saturday and Sunday. <br> <br> Late Sunday, Wilson said, Hulett disappeared with a car found later broken down on the side of the road near Monday&#39;s slaying scene, along with a 12-gauge shotgun and a hunting rifle from the Calhoun home. <br> <br> ``When the guns and car showed up missing, Hulett showed up missing,&#39;&#39; Wilson said. ``We feel confident we&#39;re going in the right direction.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The sheriff said Hulett was spotted in Tift County around 10 p.m. Monday trying to sell one of weapons. The sheriff said he was driving a Ford pickup that matched the description of the one taken from Larry Phelps, 62, a retired Whitfield County educator from Dalton. and his brother, Arvin Phelps, a retired Dalton State College professor from Rocky Face. <br> <br> The two were clearing brush near the boys home, a residence for teenagers who have been in juvenile court. It is between LaFayette and Calhoun in the Chattahoochee National Forest and has been operated by the United Methodist Church from Greater Atlanta since 1980.
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