Richard Vinson Merritt's arrest mugshot. Credit: Cobb County Sheriff's OfficeEx-Lawyer Wanted for Murder Nabbed in Nashville After 8 Months on the Lam
Disbarred lawyer Richard Merritt is accused of killing his mother in February one day after was supposed to turn himself in at the Cobb County Jail to begin serving a 15-year sentence for theft, forgery and elder abuse.
October 01, 2019 at 12:21 PM
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Fugitive lawyer Richard Merritt, accused of killing his mother in February and fleeing just before he was supposed to start serving a 15-year sentence for theft, was apprehended in a Nashville thrift store Monday.
Merritt, 44, was still driving the Lexus he stole from his mother, Shirley Merritt, when he was apprehended, according to Inspector Frank Lempka with the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Fugitive Force.
"Early last Friday morning his vehicle was recovered in Nashville," said Lempka. "We found some evidence that led us to believe he was still driving it and was frequenting the area."
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