77-year-old grandmother found fatally stabbed in gated Buckhead home, SUV stolen - The Atlanta Journal Constitution

“I was connected my mode to sojourn her for the holidays and got to her a fewer hours excessively late,” helium said Sunday.

He recovered her dormant successful the store of her location successful a gated Buckhead assemblage aboriginal Saturday evening.

Bowles’ decease is the 2nd homicide astatine a Buckhead residence successful arsenic galore months and comes amid the Atlanta community’s ongoing efforts to crook backmost a rash of convulsive crime.

The 77-year-old, described by friends arsenic a strong, autarkic woman, had been preparing for Christmas erstwhile she was stabbed aggregate times successful her garage, according to household and Atlanta police. Investigators judge she whitethorn person interrupted the fishy earlier that day, betwixt 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., arsenic helium tried to bargain her 2021 Lexus Rx 350 from her location connected Paces West Terrace, conscionable disconnected West Paces Ferry Road, investigators told reporters the pursuing morning.

Her lad recovered her assemblage astir 5 hours aboriginal and called police.

“Finding her similar that is thing that volition beryllium with maine forever,” Michael Bowles said successful a connection shared with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “What happened to her was her worst nightmare. It’s astir people’s worst nightmare.”

Eleanor Bowles’ conveyance was recovered successful DeKalb County aft allegedly being driven to antithetic locations crossed Atlanta, investigators said, though they did not accidental wherever it had been spotted.

Police said they were lone looking for 1 idiosyncratic of involvement successful the lawsuit arsenic of Sunday, but they said they are leaving the doorway unfastened for aggregate suspects to beryllium identified.

“This is not a mode that a household should person to walk their vacation season, mourning and grieving a decease of a loved one,” Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said. “We volition permission nary stones unturned to find a solution for this family.”

Investigators are inactive looking into however the fishy oregon suspects had entree to the gated neighborhood.

Officials are asking anyone with information cameras successful the country to cheque their footage betwixt the hours that the incidental is believed to person taken spot and to fto constabulary cognize if thing suspicious was captured. They besides inquire anyone who saw the achromatic Lexus to fto investigators know.

Michael Bowles said helium is committed to spreading the connection of the outrageously tragic mode his parent mislaid her life.

“I privation everyone to recognize that nary of america are safe,” helium said successful the statement. “I anticipation that radical work this communicative and recognize this, and past possibly we tin each collectively effectuate immoderate change. I volition transportation that connection with maine forever, for mom.”

“She was a beauteous soul, and she taught maine however to attack the satellite with empathy,” helium added.

In a GoFundMe acceptable up to payment the Atlanta Humane Society successful her memory, her household described Eleanor Bowles arsenic a “kind, precious, funny, loving mother, grandmother, and friend.”

“It is with heartbreaking sadness that we grieve her nonaccomplishment from this satellite wholly excessively soon. ... It is unbelievable that crimes similar this proceed to hap successful Atlanta, and it indispensable stop,” the household wrote.

A candlelight vigil was planned for 7 Sunday evening astatine 6 Paces West Terrace.

Saturday’s sidesplitting came conscionable nether 2 months after a antheral was fatally changeable during a carjacking astatine a location on 1 of the astir prestigious streets successful Buckhead, known for its wealthiness and governmental power with its mansions and high-end buying centers.

Travis Landrey, 18, is accused of sidesplitting 57-year-old Christopher Eberhart successful a driveway connected Peachtree Battle Avenue connected the greeting of Oct. 13. Landrey had conscionable been successful a clang and was walking astir Buckhead with a weapon looking for a caller signifier of proscription erstwhile helium saw Eberhart successful his GMC Sierra pickup, constabulary said astatine the time.

Eberhart’s assemblage was recovered a abbreviated clip aboriginal by a pistillate and her 9-year-old girl connected their mode to school. Landrey was arrested days aboriginal successful Mobile County, Alabama. Authorities believed Landrey whitethorn person been trying to get backmost to Louisiana, wherever helium is from, erstwhile helium allegedly took Eberhart’s truck.

Recently, immoderate Buckhead residents unsuccessfully pushed to secede from Atlanta successful an effort to combat the surge successful convulsive transgression successful the community.

They argued that Atlanta metropolis and constabulary leaders hadn’t done capable to get the unit nether control, although constabulary person precocious pointed to information showing a driblet successful transgression successful Buckhead successful 2021.

In January, Atlanta constabulary installed a caller constabulary precinct adjacent the intersection of engaged Peachtree and West Paces Ferry roads, which opened implicit the summertime and is staffed by astatine slightest a twelve officers.

Anyone with accusation astir Eleanor Bowles’ decease is asked to telephone detectives astatine 404-546-2518. Tipsters tin stay anonymous by submitting tips to Crime Stoppers astatine 404-577-(TIPS) 8477 oregon visiting the Crime Stoppers website astatine atlantapolicefoundation.org. There is simply a reward of up to $10,000 for accusation that leads to an arrest. Identifying accusation is not required to person the reward.