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Suspect in deaths of brothers returned to Georgia

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LAFAYETTE - A man accused of murdering two brothers who were doing volunteer work at a northwest Georgia boys home last month makes his first appearance in a Walker County court on Thursday. <br> <br> Donnie Allen Hulett Jr., 21, was returned Tuesday from Arizona, where he was captured Aug. 2 after eleven days on the run. <br> <br> Hulett, of Gordon County, is accused of shooting Arvine and Larry Phelps on July 22 while they were clearing brush at the Mountain Top Boys&#39; Home, located between Calhoun and LaFayette in the Chattahoochee National Forest. <br> <br> Larry Phelps, 62, was a retired Whitfield County educator, and Arvine Phelps was a retired Dalton State College professor. <br> <br> Hulett was scheduled to appear before a magistrate Thursday for a first appearance hearing to be officially charged and notified of his rights.
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