Overview
- Chatham County Police responded around 5 p.m. Monday to an apartment in the 100 block of Oyster Shell Lane where a 59-year-old woman was found dead from apparent stab wounds.
- Detectives identified the victim’s son, Addison Martinez, as a person of interest and launched an active search for him.
- Investigators believe Martinez had been driving his mother’s vehicle, which was later located in a commercial parking lot in Pooler.
- Concern for another relative prompted a Savannah Police SWAT and CCPD operation in the Highlands area, and that family member was found safe.
- An autopsy is pending to confirm the cause of death, and authorities released a description of Martinez—about 5-foot-7, very thin, with long black hair and a beard that may be shaved—and asked the public to report sightings to 9-1-1.