Overview
- The DeKalb County Police Department said investigators located her body in woods behind the 3900 block of Old Ivy Court on Jan. 7.
- Merritt was last seen around 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 4 leaving her home on the 2400 block of Yolanda Trail in Ellenwood.
- Authorities had issued a Mattie’s Call, Georgia’s alert for missing vulnerable adults, as officers and Greenforest Community Baptist Church members searched.
- Police reported no indication of foul play based on a preliminary investigation.
- She had been diagnosed with dementia, and local reports cited her Facebook page identifying her as a retired high school English teacher.