TRENTON — The GBI has arrested and charged 58-year-old Roger Allen Shrader, of Trenton, with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated assault by strangulation in the death of his mother.
Dade County deputies responded to a home on Brow Road in Trenton to conduct a welfare check March 4. According to the GBI, the deputies discovered a deceased woman identified as 81-year-old Lagatha Shrader Watson, of Bryant, Alabama.
Watson’s adult son, Shrader, was taken into custody and booked into the Dade County Jail.
This investigation is active and ongoing. Once complete, the casefile will be given to the Dade County District Attorney for prosecution.
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Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
