Print

Suspect in deaths of brothers returned to Georgia

By
Posted 8:01AM on Thursday 22nd August 2002 ( 22 years ago )
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.

http://accesswdun.com/article/2002/8/191018

© Copyright 2015 AccessNorthGa.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission.