TRUTH HUNTER
INVESTIGATIONS
DeKalb County, Georgia
Not Guilty
Investigation
Homicide & Gang Investigation
Year
2026
Location
DeKalb County, Georgia
Retained By
Nicole Moorman, Moorman Law, and Scott Smith, Peach State Law
Objective
Conduct a comprehensive homicide investigation focused on self-defense. Contest the State’s criminal street gang allegations. Analyze cell phone extractions and social media. Testify as a gang expert at trial.
The Work
Behind the
Record.
How Did Truth Hunter Investigations Play a Part?
Two firms retained the investigation on a DeKalb homicide that carried four Street Gang Act counts on top of malice murder and felony murder. The State’s gang theory had to be investigated with the same seriousness as the shooting itself. In Georgia, the statute requires a nexus between an existing criminal street gang and the charged crime. Association, clothing, music lyrics, and social media posture are not a substitute for that proof.
The homicide investigation was built around self-defense: witnesses, digital communications, and the circumstances immediately surrounding the event. Claimed gang identifiers were pulled out of the file and tested. Cell phone extractions and social media were reviewed for direction, membership evidence, and any actual link between alleged gang activity and the homicide, rather than image.
Gang expert testimony was given at trial to keep the jury focused on what the law requires and what the evidence actually showed.
Jury trial charges: Violation of Georgia’s Street Gang and Terrorism Prevention Act (4 counts), Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault.
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