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Suspect to face murder charges in killings

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Posted 7:27AM on Wednesday 2nd October 2002 ( 22 years ago )
ATLANTA - A 30-year-old man suspected in the stabbings of his girlfriend and her family is being held without bond in jail. <br> <br> De&#39;Kelvin Martin is expected to appear in court Wednesday in Atlanta to face charges on two counts of murder, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. <br> <br> He was arrested about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the deaths of his girlfriend&#39;s 12-year-old son, Savion Wright, and her 83-year-old grandfather, Travis Ivery, about 3 a.m. at their home in southwest Atlanta. <br> <br> Police say Martin did not resist when police closed in on him in woods less than a mile from the house where police found the family stabbed. <br> <br> Martin&#39;s girlfriend - 33-year-old Tymeka Wright - and her grandmother - 77-year-old Ila Ivery - remain hospitalized. <br> <br> Police say Martin made his bleeding girlfriend drive him away from the house after stabbing the family.

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