Atlanta mother found dead after son and brother shot

ATLANTA – The mother of a 13-year-old boy found shot to death in DeKalb County in 2022 has now been found dead in Atlanta, the boy’s father told 11Alive Friday.

Atlanta police issued a missing person report for 35-year-old Chanell Crosby on Thursday night. She said she was last seen by her family on July 14 between 3 and 9 p.m. Police said their investigation revealed she may have been in the Macon area.

However, during an interview with 11Alive’s Cody Alcorn on Friday, Chanell’s father and Jamiren’s grandfather, Don Wilson, said he received a call from police telling him that Chanell’s body had been found.

MARTA police told 11Alive that one of their officers was stopped around 2 p.m. for a car emitting a foul odor in the area of ​​the West End MARTA station. When the officer went over, they found a body in the back seat of the car. Police have not yet identified the body as Chanell Crosby, although it has been confirmed by the family.

Both MARTA police and Atlanta police are currently on the scene investigating the death. The car was found about nine miles from Chanell’s home, Wilson said.

Chanell’s death came nearly two years after her son, 13-year-old Jamiren Crosby, was found behind a rowhouse on Parkway Trail in Lithonia on September 19, 2022. His death was ruled a homicide, and nearly two years later, there have still been no arrests in his case.

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11Alive’s Kaitlyn Ross spoke with Chanell after her son’s death two years ago. She recalled the time her son asked her to go to his fifth-grade prom with him. She said she had never worn a prom dress until she got the chance to go with her son.

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Chanell’s tragic and heartbreaking loss of her son Jamiren was actually not the first devastating death in her family this year. On April 20, 2022, Chanell’s brother Darrio “Polo” Giles was found shot to death in the Seven Court Apartments on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW.

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Polo’s family told 11Alive at the time that he had just won about $4,000 on a progressive slot machine and believed the killer was after that money. They said that the morning he was found, the money was also gone.

Atlanta police later said their preliminary investigation revealed his death was the result of an attempted robbery.

Check out the moments 11Alive spoke to Chanell Crosby in 2022 following the death of her son.