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Police issue warrant for first-degree murder charge against man after 23-year-old mother disappears – WSB-TV Channel 2

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. – Police have issued a first-degree murder warrant for a Clayton County man weeks after the mother of his child disappeared.

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Brianna Winston, 23, was reported missing by family members on April 1. They said their 4-year-old daughter stayed with the child’s father’s family and no one had heard from Winston in weeks.

Investigators initially named two people of interest in the case: the father of Winston’s child, Michale Edwards, and his wife, Brienna Phillips-Edwards.

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Police arrested Edwards on April 8. His charge is aggravated stalking.

It is unclear whether Edwards is still in custody.

Winston’s body was not found.

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