After 11 years, ex-boyfriend charged in murder of woman who was identified by breast implant
50-year-old Billy Joe Cook was arrested by the police in connection to the disappearance and murder of Leslie Adams. He is currently being held in jail without bond.
A 13-year-old cold case may finally see some conclusion after detectives zeroed in on the ex-boyfriend of the murder victim as the primary suspect. 50-year-old Billy Joe Cook, of Canton, Georgia, was arrested in connection with the death and disappearance of 40-year-old Leslie Marva Adams, a mother-of-two who worked as a beautician in Lilburn.
According to the Gwinnett Daily Post, police arrested Cook on Interstate 75 with the assistance of Henry County law enforcement and the Georgia State Patrol and have charged the 50-year-old with murder. District Attorney Danny Porter said that law enforcement had never stopped working on the case, with the victim's family finally breathing a sigh of relief.