Suspect Arrested In Pinetree Country Club Triple-Murder Had Been Released On Bail

COBB COUNTY, GA. (THECOUNT) — According to online DeKalb County jail records, Atlanta resident, Bryan Anthony Rhoden, the suspect charged in the deaths of three people found on green of the Pinetree Country Club Saturday, was arrested by the Chamblee Police Department for DUI, providing false ID, and other vehicle and traffic charges just hours after the grisly discovery on the 10th hole green. He was booked into the jail early Sunday morning just before 2 a.m. and was released two days later on bond, jail records show.

The Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Chamblee arrested 23-year-old Rhoden around 5:30 p.m. Thursday after he was asked to come to the police station on other charges. He was then taken into custody.

Friday, officials released Rhoden’s criminal warrant that charged him with three counts of felony murder, three counts of felony aggravated assault with the intent to murder, and two counts of felony kidnapping.

Saturday, Golf pro Gene Siller was found shot to death on the green and two others, 46-year-old Henry Valdez of California and 76-year-old Paul Pierson of Kansas, were found dead in the bed of a white Dodge Ram 3500 pickup truck teetering on the bank of a sand trap, according to Fox5Atlanta.

According to the warrant, officials say that Rhoden abducted both Pierson, who owned the truck, and Valdez, binding their hands, legs, and mouths with tape and forcing them into the enclosed beds of the vehicle.

Police believe Siller was not targeted by Rhoden but witnessed the crime, leading to his death.

After the shooting, investigators believe Rhoden abandoned the truck and fled on foot.

Few other details have since been released about the case or what led investigators to Rhoden.

Rhoden has been booked into the Cobb County jail without bond.

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