Police find body, arrest suspects
by Amanda Thomas/Times-Georgian
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Carrollton police have recovered a body believed to be that of missing 21-year-old University of West Georgia student along Laurel Road.

Capt. Chris Dobbs said the body, believed to be that of Marcelle Elliott, was found around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday.

The body was transferred to the GBI Crime Lab awaiting positive identification. Police have charged Joshua Clay, 31, and Farrah Strength, 29, both of Carrollton with murder in connection to the crime. They were being held in the Carroll County Jail Thursday afternoon.

Strength reportedly admitted her role and informed police where they would find Elliott’s body. Authorities are not releasing the motive until all evidence is collected.

Dobbs said Elliott and Strength were good friends until about a year ago.

Strength allegedly lured her to Carrollton last Thursday.

Dobbs said police were initially led to the suspects by the victim’s phone records and Strength had been through several interviews before she admitted her actions last night.
comments (4)
« notinuse wrote on Saturday, Jul 31 at 10:45 PM »
LittleCheese. What a moron you are. Why don't you get the facts before you blog. You are 100% wrong. Please go and meet with the leadership at Carrollton PD and you will be shocked at what you wrote. Are you mad because you got a ticket or what? What do you know about the Adamson Square case? Wait, don't answer. Go to the PD and meet with the detective or the chief. Again, you are wrong. Marci's dad was very impressed with the Carrollton Police Dept. Go ask and see for yourself.
« oldcarrollton wrote on Friday, Jul 30 at 03:56 PM »
Old Man Al....does that stand for Alabama? I've lived here all my life and I tend to agree with Little Cheese. I saw the city's response years ago when my neighbor, the mayor, called for help when someone was missing from his house. I couldn't even count the number of searchers (in a matter of minutes) as I rode around myself looking.

This city has great potential, but not if the leadership of the city and the police department don't take advantage of it. I pay taxes, but I see them not all going to, what I consider, the best use for the highest return. Take the swampland we've bought from Ben Hobbs...that land isn't worth a fraction of the price we paid for it. It's small town politics at its worst, it's who you know and/or what you know on them.

The guy said "many (not all) of the CPD's finest" have attitudes and display arrogance. I must agree. Arrogance is not acceptable. An attitude is not acceptable until and unless the officer is put into a situation where it is inevitable. If they can't suppress that atttitude and arrogance when needed, they need to find another line of work. I agree, we don't pay them enough. Who does make enough now? I know I don't, yet I'm expected to do more for less too.

I also have to say that I think the district attorney's office and the courts are highly to blame. What is the answer???????
« oldmanAl wrote on Friday, Jul 30 at 11:45 AM »
Little cheese, what more do you want them to do? we raise hell when they want to raise our taxes so they can pay a decent wage to the police and firefighters, If they come to your door asking about something, you call that profiling, If you get caught speeding, they are running a speed trap, just what do you want out of them, Every news report I seen on TV said the the CPD was doing all they could, door to door searches, stopping cars,etc. The police cannot be every place all of the time and when someone wants to kill someone and hide the body, there is not a whole lot anyone can do to find it unless someone talks. A lot of the time the cops have to stay at the station to save gas, because people do not want them wasting it to patrol the streets, You cannot have it both ways. Just thank everyone that this did not last for years not knowing what happen to her. If you can find a way to take the meanness out of people, you are going to have killings and stabbings, and eyes poked out with keys. Just because you did not know about the search does not mean nothing, It was on the news on Monday at lunch. Maybe you need to get more involved and pay attention to what is going on around you.
« LittleCheese wrote on Friday, Jul 30 at 11:08 AM »
It's really true that the Carrollton's finest in blue DID NOT BREAK THIS CASE, THE MURDERED GIRL'S OWN DADDY BROKE IT BY DOING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S JOB!!!!!!!!!!! I would say that I can't believe it, but I think we have all come to expect little to no real response from the CPD. Harkens back to the boy that had his eye poked out with a key on Adamson Square last year....you haven't heard any more about that either have you. It's because they haven't done anything about it yet! The perpetrator must be related to some important person in government. Just wait until it happens to you or your loved one and experience it first hand.....it really is unbelievable, the attitudes and the arrogance displayed by many (not all) of the CPD's "finest".

What did the CPD do? Did they even believe the Dad when he told them the girl was missing? Did they start a community-wide search for the girl? I didn't even know about it until the 6th day after her disappearance. Why not? Why did the Dad have to do the detective work and look at all the numbers on her cell phone?

Just what the hell do they do all day? The bike patrols seem to be the most visible of all...I don't see how they do it in this heat. I see a few cars and motorcycles tracking down vicious speeders at the Dairy Queen and when something happens like a wreck, God forbid, the sky lights up....but they are all coming from the police headquarters building. What is it they do in there all the time? What do motorcycle cops have to do in the headquarters ALL DAY LONG?

Why not call the City Hall and ask for better utilization of our force. The main number is 770-830-2000 and the police department is 770-834-4451. This is our community...get involved or kiss it good-bye!!!!!!!