Augusta, GA
SENTENCED: Augusta killer who left dead mom’s body with kids
An Augusta man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 75 years for killing his new girlfriend last year and leaving her body in their home with her young daughters.
Davante Parks, 27, was convicted Thursday in the fatal shooting 27-year-old Laquana Lang at her home on 515 Hines Street. The Augusta District Attorney’s Office secured the victory after a jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts after less than an hour of deliberation. Senior Superior Court Judge Daniel Craig handed down the sentence.
The parolee killed the victim last September while her daughters, ages 5 and 2, were upstairs. The residence is located within the Allen Homes subdivision. The children were reportedly left alone with their mother’s body for at least four hours and had to walk through her blood and crawl over her body to get help from a neighbor.
When officers arrived, they found a gruesome scene, including child-sized footprints in the blood. Parks had been dropped off at the house around 3:30 a.m. that Saturday, and the 5-year-old daughter told officers she heard her “stepdad” arguing with her mom. Authorities were notified hours later.
Parks was wanted and surrendered the next day. He was indicted for malice murder, felony murder, two counts of cruelty to children and multiple weapons possession.
Parks and Lang had started their relationship last summer, just days after Parks was paroled following an eight-year sentence for a previous shooting.
His parole conditions required him to live with his mother, find employment, avoid street gangs, pay $30 a month to a victim’s compensation fund and stay away from his previous shooting victim.
Parks was 18 years old in 2016 when he shot a woman repeatedly in Richmond County. The incident began when Parks’ friend, Marion Terry, sought revenge on Brittanie McKie, whom he suspected of setting him up after a robbery, according to previous reporting. Terry and Parks shot McKie, who survived despite being hit five times. A subsequent confrontation with Bilal Givens and another suspect led to more gunfire, resulting in Terry’s death.
Parks pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Sheryl B. Jolly. She sentenced him to 12 years of confinement and 13 years of probation, but he only served eight in prison before being paroled on July 16, 2024, according to court records.
Making matters worse, McKie told WRDW-TV that she was not notified about the release of the man who tried to kill her. She said nobody contacted her.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The 2025-2026 Peach Belt Conference brackets are set, and there is plenty of shakeup this year.
Starting with the women’s bracket, Augusta University secured the #4 overall seed and will face #5 seed Middle Georgia in round one.
USCA’s women’s team did not fair as well, finishing in last place of this season’s standings.
On the men’s side, USCA’s men’s team secured the eighth and final spot in the conference tournament.
In a shocking turn of events, AU’s men’s team did not qualify for the tournament.
This marks the first time the program has missed the PBC tournament since Dip Metress took over the program in 2004.
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Augusta, Ga. – Augusta managed just five hits and one run and fell to Georgia Southwestern 12-1 Sunday as the Hurricanes win two of the three games of the series. The Jaguars are now 7-2 in Peach Belt Conference play and 11-8 overall. The Canes improve to 7-2 in conference play and 12-7 overall.
Georgia Southwestern scored runs in all but one inning including four runs in the first two innings and plated five runs in the fifth, highlighted by a grand slam.
The only Augusta run would come in the fourth inning. Landon Leonard would reach on an error and would come around when Kent Moon reached on a fielder’s choice that would plate Leonard.
Leonard, Moon, Davis Newman, Harris Bachelder and Jakob Cowart would collect the hits for the Jaguars.
Augusta will next be in action on Friday when the open up a three game series with Lander at Jaguar Field. First pitch on Friday is set for 6:00 p.m.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Local protestors made their voices heard after Israel and the U.S. announced strikes on Iran Saturday, ones that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reports say.
Protesters lined 13th Street in Downtown Augusta and walked across the river to North Augusta to make sure as many people as possible heard them.
50501 CSRA already had a march planned for Saturday, but in light of the strikes on Iran, decided to expand its focus.
Local leaders spoke about their concerns for the strikes, and roughly 60 people showed up to share theirs as well.
One of the event organizers said to make your voice heard your voice heard.
“Just call your people, call your representatives, if you don’t like that Iran was bombed, I don’t either. But call people and let them know, email them. Let it be relentless. Congress did not approve this. They have a say in this,” Zee Cook said.
The strike is being called “Operation Epic Fury,” with Iran responding with multiple missile and drone strikes across the Middle East.
In a social media post, President Trump said the bombing of the country will continue “as long as necessary.”
People across the world began lining the streets as well in support and against the decision.
Leaders across the world reacted to the news, including those in Georgia and South Carolina.
There’s a protest planned in Charleston and other regional cities this week.
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