Thursday June 6 2024 doob County Georgia after a lengthy investigation spanning 34 years police have identified the culprit behind a very serious crime and issued an arrest warrant for the suspect no one thought they would ever catch him and after all those years the victim's families had nearly lost hope the officers were able to track the suspect down or so they had thought I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime facing the right going to the right waiting on now the way on the ground all the way all the way all the way put your hands behind your back put both your hands behind your back what's your name C Perry C Perry I got two I got two we good give me your other hand you got one for your authorities quickly entered a local pizza place where the suspect identified as Kenneth Perry had recently been seen the officer subdued him by force and handcuffed him to prevent any resistance but what exactly had happened and what was this all about all right roll over to your left side you got any weapons on you no what's your name man H kry Ken Perry no got my to your left all right I a trying to hurt your shoulders I want you to roll over to the left side help me help you right Sunday July 15th 1990 Stone Mountain Georgia siblings John Sumpter age 46 and Pamela Sumpter age 43 are brutally attacked and Perry was completely connected to the case but what exactly had occurred Jon would be found dead in his apartment with multiple stab wounds to his body and Pamela was found at a neighbor's residence Gravely injured after being seually assaulted and stabbed as well search one more time he bleeding on his own a cap cap is there anywh this one could be listen it ain't going to tighten up keys somebody took them out my pocket I got the keys in a uh and the phone hold on let me get this off you go ahead man go ahead and yourself go ahead go ahead Perry was placed in the patrol car but his demeanor was notable he didn't ask why he was being arrested showed complete indifference and seemed only concerned about his cell phone before Pamela passed away on August the 5th of 1990 investigators took note of certain descriptions that she provided that would become crucial to the case as there were no records or substantial evidence leading to the suspect at the time he was a recent acquaintance of her brother who had brought him to the apartment she gave key physical descriptions of the attacker and said that he was from Detroit Michigan but it wasn't until 4 years later that they managed to catch the culprit what had caused such a long delay and was this a case involving a professional killer3 just wipe it off until you get to the jail lean up a little just wipe you wipe your little no no [Music] no yeah you just got a little scratch right there when you get to the jail take you to Med Med look at that okay okay sir yeah we gave it to you okay yeah yeah he said he want to take it to jail okay we got you okay we got it sir but hey give the he want to give the keys to his wife okay take the phone where's your wife at sir how you doing sir hey hey nice job guys apprciate yeah definitely where's his come back hey the keys okay all right y can leave whatever but I for okay could watch you do he do gentlem gentl after handing over the keys to the accused's wife Kenneth Perry was taken to jail where he would face charges in 2023 the D County District Attorney's Office received a Federal grant to reopen cold cases using DNA evidence thanks to this funding the Cold Case team collaborated with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and a private lab to reanalyze DNA evidence collected in 1990 in February of 2024 the DNA profile was entered into a national database which led to a match with an unsolved sexual assault case from 1992 in Detroit where Kenneth Perry had been identified DNA evidence has now linked this defendant to the murder of 46-year-old John Sumpter and the and murder of sumpter's sister 43-year-old Pamela Sumpter on June 6th the decab County Sheriff's Office fugitive unit executed a warrant for the arrest of 55-year-old Kenneth Perry of Loganville Perry was arrested without incident in guette county and remains in the decab county jail without bond 55-year-old Kenneth Perry face multiple charges two counts of malice murder two counts of felony murder r four counts of aggravated assault two counts of aggravated battery two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony and robbery he remains held without bond in the doob County Jail