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Prestiss Lamar Wells, identified in Georgia Supreme Court records as Prentiss Wells, was a 57-year-old Black man who was killed on February 13, 1992, after what began as an ordinary day in Newton County, Georgia, turned into a calculated robbery. Court records say Wells had bought a flea market stall months earlier and often carried substantial cash while buying used items to resell. About a month before his death, Joseph Martin Barnes and Tim Brown got to know him and sometimes helped him with ...Read More

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Victim Details

Prestiss Lamar Wells

Male

Black / African American

Newton

GA

1992-02-13

57

Prestiss

Wells

04/26/2026