[GA] "Resigned" Deputy Yancey indicted for double murder of Linda and Marcial.

..."This is a case that's going to lean heavily on the forensics and ballistic evidence, which we have quite a bit of, and it's powerful. It will prove beyond a reasonable doubt what we've thought all along - Deputy Yancey's guilty"...

A DeKalb County grand jury indicted Derrick Yancey yesterday on 2 counts of murder in the June 9 shooting deaths of his wife, DeKalb County Detention Officer Linda Yancey, and day laborer Marcial Cax-Puluc. Deputy Yancey resigned last month before this month's charges.

Prayers are lifted for all family members and friends of Linda, Marcial, Derrick, and the law enforcement officers who are seeing this through professionally despite their own disappointment in what appears to be the outcome .

EXCERPTS FROM NEWS VIDEOS NOT FOUND IN ARTICLE TEXTS:
...Dekalb County Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Fonseca: "This is a case that's going to lean heavily on the forensics and ballistic evidence, which we have quite a bit of, and it's powerful. It will prove beyond a reasonable doubt what we've thought all along - Deputy Yancey's guilty"...
...The old boss of both Yancey's - Sheriff Thomas Brown - arranged for Thursday's surrender: "I've seen a lot in my 23 years in law enforcement. This is a first... Linda Yancey was a phenomenal wife, employee, mother..."
...Yancey will be seeking bond - possibly as early as this morning...
...Eugene Thomas, Linda Yancey's brother: "I did not have any idea. I was surprised. I was shocked. I was devastated. And I haven't had a good night's sleep since it occurred"...

FORMER DEKALB SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CHARGED IN WIFE, DAY LABORER'S SHOOTING DEATHS
MyFox Atlanta, GA
15 Aug 2008, 5:53 AM EDT
Friday, 15 Aug 2008, 5:45 AM EDT
A former DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy has been charged in the June 9 shooting deaths of his wife and a day laborer killed in the deputy's home. Derrick Yancey turned himself in to authorities on Thursday. Yancey told police that the day laborer, Marcial Cax-Puluc, had shot Linda Yancey to death in an apparent robbery attempt, and he killed Caz-Puluc. Geary would not disclose evidence or a motive that led to Yancey's indictment on two counts of malice murder and two counts of possession of a handgun during a felony. [LINK]

EX-DEPUTY INDICTED ON TWO COUNTS OF MURDER
11alive.com
Tracey Christensen
tchristensen@wxia.gannett.com
8/14/2008
[Excerpts] DECATUR, Ga. -- A grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging a DeKalb County Sheriff's deputy with two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and a day laborer inside his home last June. A grand jury warrant was issued for the arrest of Derrick Yancey, who turned himself into the DeKalb County jail Thursday afternoon. Yancey was searched personally by Sheriff Thomas Brown, booked, and then moved to an undisclosed jail for his own protection. Assistant District Attorney Don Geary said Yancey, who resigned from the department last month, was informed of the indictment about noon Thursday. Yancey claimed that Marcial Cax-Puluc was an intruder who shot and killed his wife, Linda, during a robbery attempt inside the couple's two-story brick home on June 9. Yancey said he then killed Cax-Puluc, who had arrived in the United States just six weeks earlier from Guatemala... The indictment also charges Yancey with two weapons offenses of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Linda Yancey, 44, was a DeKalb County detention officer for 13 years who most recently worked in the juvenile intake section... Yancey's attorney said he has every confidence his client will be found not guilty. Keith Adams told 11Alive News that he is working on getting his client's bail set and that he and the district attorney simply disagree on the evidence. [Full article here]

EX-DEPUTY CHARGED WITH KILLING WIFE AND DAY LABORER
Derrick Yancey has surrendered to authorities
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By David Markiewicz, David Simpson
Thursday, August 14, 2008
[Excerpts] ...Yancey surrendered to authorities at the DeKalb County Jail at 2:40 p.m. Thursday, said Mikki Jones, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office. She said he would be moved to another jail because of his former job with the sheriff’s office, which oversees the DeKalb jail... [Full article here]
Previous blog entries:

• [GA] Deputy Yancey says he killed the man who killed his officer wife Linda - ...Condolences to all who love the people involved. Prayers are lifted for the Yancey children, Derrick and Linda's families, for the family of the man yet to be identified, and for truth and justice...
• [GA] Chief Bolton on murder of deputy's wife, Officer Linda Yancey - ...The chief spoke exclusively to FOX 5's Portia Bruner about the investigation...
• [GA] Linda Ann (Thomas) Yancey - "I will never forget that beautiful smile of hers" - ...Linda was a wonderful person, and one of the most professional and polite officer that had ever worked for me. I thank God for allowing me to speak with her and the family recently before her untimely death. I will never forget that beautiful smile of hers, and her charming personality. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16...
• [GA] Man Deputy Yancey says killed his wife Linda is identified - "...THERE'S AN INJUSTICE. I DON'T BELIEVE HE KILLED THE WIFE OF THAT OFFICER"...
• [GA] Who believes Deputy Yancey didn't murder Linda & Marcial? - ...FOX 5 NEWS HAS LEARNED DEKALB POLICE WANT TO TALK TO DEPUTY DERRICK YANCEY ABOUT THE DOUBLE KILLINGS AT HIS HOUSE, AGAIN. IT APPEARS HIS ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT IS BEING QUESTIONED...
• [GA] Deputy Yancey not charged or cleared in killings - Gives DNA - More than a month after a DeKalb County sheriff's deputy Derrick Yancey said he killed a robber who had just killed Yancey's wife, authorities have neither cleared nor charged him...