The Georgia Bureau of Investigation introduced Friday that Jon Worrell, 58, has been charged with Malice Homicide, Felony Homicide, Conspiracy to Commit Homicide, and Aggravated Battery associated to the 2006 demise of his spouse, Doris Worrell (seen above).

The information follows an almost 20-year saga marked with false leads, suspicion on the husband, him shifting to Costa Rica with the children and nanny and eventually, his apprehension after shifting again to the US.

Worrell, 39 on the time of her demise, was discovered shot and killed contained in the household’s native enterprise, Jon’s Sports activities Park, in Douglas, Georgia.

“Many initially believed that Jon was a grieving husband, and his spouse a sufferer of a theft gone mistaken,” the GBI wrote of their press launch. “There have been preliminary reviews of an individual who had been banned by Jon from Jon’s Sports activities Park who could have killed Doris in retaliation. However because the investigation continued, data was supplied that implicated Jon in Doris’s demise.”

Through the preliminary investigation, GBI says they discovered the pair have been having “marital points,” which included what they known as Jon’s “inappropriate relationship” with their live-in nanny, Paola Yarberry. Investigators consider Jon was “involved” a divorce would result in him dropping custody of their three kids, so he “started searching for somebody to kill Doris.”

Across the time of Doris’ demise, two staff on the Sports activities Park have been arrested for conspiracy to commit homicide, however not sufficient proof was collected to convict them. The fees have been dropped, per the GBI, and considered one of them has since died.

Paola, in response to GBI, was deported again to Venezuela over immigration points. It wasn’t lengthy till she was reunited with Jon, nevertheless, after he — as agent Jason Seacrist put it in a press convention — “did what murderers do, he ran.”

Jon allegedly moved to Florida after which Costa Rica together with his kids. There, he and Paola allegedly “lived collectively as a pair” elevating the children.

Issues between the couple did not final, although, and “in recent times,” Jon allegedly moved again to the US. Investigators then traveled to Costa Rica to talk with Paola, who they are saying “finally cooperated” — serving to them corroborate intel from each the preliminary and subsequent investigations and securing an arrest warrant for Jon.

He was apprehended in Missouri and extradited to Georgia.

Doris’ older sister, LeAnn Tuggle, spoke on the press convention as properly and thanked regulation enforcement for all they did to safe Jon’s arrest. “All this work paid off,” mentioned Tuggle, earlier than sharing reminiscences about her “one and solely sister.”

Tuggle known as her a “very form individual” who “cherished being a mommy” and was “generally … too form for her personal good.” Per her sister, it was Doris who supplied Paola a spot to dwell — including, “Her being form is finally what triggered her demise, so I hate that about her.”

“This investigation must also give hope to the households of victims in different chilly circumstances that the solutions they search are nonetheless being sought,” added Seacrist. “It ought to produce worry and sleepless nights for the offenders in different chilly circumstances as a result of regulation enforcement won’t cease searching for you.”

Per the GBI, the investigation remains to be lively and ongoing.