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6th person sought in Barrow Co. woman's slaying


Murder victim Rossana Delgado

By Joe Johnson

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday announced they were looking for a sixth person in connection with the murder of a Barrow County woman.

The agency earlier said it obtained murder warrants for four suspects in the death 37-year-old Rossana Delgado of Bethlehem who was last seen alive April 16 in DeKalb County.

The woman was the mother of two children who worked for a taxi service in Gwinnett County, according to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, which said the woman’s husband reported her missing on April 17.

The husband reportedly tracked Delgado’s phone to a location near Chamblee, where he also found a blood-stained mask.

The GBI said the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office found Delgado's body during a welfare check on Tuesday morning at a home in the Gilmer County community of Cherry Log.

On Saturday the GBI announced they had identified and filed murder chargrdon Megan Alyssa Colone, 30, of Stone Mountain; Juan Ayala-Rodriguez, 35, of Gainesville; Oscar Manuel Garcia, 26, of Austell; and Mario Alberto Barbosa-Juarez, 29, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. All of those suspects were believed by authorities to had fled from Georgia. They believe that Colone may be using the alias Grace Beda and traveling with her children.

Megan Alyssa Colone (aka Grace Beda)
Juan Ayala-Rodriguez
Oscar Manuel Garcia
Mario Alberto Barbosa-Juarez

The GBI released a surveillance camera image of a fifth suspect who had yet to be identified.

Imges of unidentified suspect in murder of Rossana Delgado

And on Tuesday the agency released a video from April 16 of a woman who was believed to be one of last people to interact with the victim. The GBI is seeking the public’s help on identifying her so they can speak with her.


Anyone with information is asked to call the GBI Tip line at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), report the information online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the mobile app, See Something Send Something.

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