A Dawsonville Grand Jury has indicted four charged with felony murder charges in connection to the death of Hannah Bender.
Bender's body was located in a shallow grave in a Forsyth County ravine late September after she was reported missing by her mother weeks earlier.
According to investigators, authorities shortly thereafter took murder warrants out for Austin Todd Stryker after finding incriminating evidence, that eventually, led to the alleged involvement of three others in Bender's death; Isaac Huff, Dylan Reid and Jerry Harper.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), Harper's, 78, involvement with Bender's death entailed him fleeing in an SUV along with Stryker following the murder.
The GBI later revealed in a tweet early October with little details available that Huff, 18, and Reid, 19, both of Dawsonville, had also been arrested for their alleged involvement in Bender's murder.
Stryker was indicted for Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Battery, Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Knife During the Commission of a Felony, Concealing the Death of Another and Tampering with Evidence.
Huff was indicted for Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Battery, Concealing the Death of Another, and Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
Reid was indicted for Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Battery, Concealing the Death of Another, Tampering with Evidence, and Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
Harper was indicted for Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, Hindering the Apprehension or Punishment of a Criminal and Theft by Receiving Stolen Property. Harper has been charged in Forsyth County for Concealing the Death of Another and Tampering with Evidence.
Huff, Reid and Harper are currently in custody in the Dawson County Detention Center and Stryker is in custody in the Lumpkin County Detention Center.
The case is being prosecuted by the Northeastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.
