A northeast Georgia homicide investigation now spans two states: police in Elizabethtown Kentucky say they have arrested 20 year-old Joseph Capstraw. He’s accused of killing a woman at last week’s annual Rainbow Family Gathering in Lumpkin County. The woman who was killed is believed to be from Dahlonega. Her name has not yet been released.
From Channel 2 Action News...
The Rainbow Family is a name for a very loose collection of self-described misfits, nature-lovers and artists who gather once a year in a national forest. This was their 47th gathering, but the first in Georgia.
According to authorities, the woman accompanied Capstraw as they left, hitchhiking from the event.
Channel 2's Michael Seiden covered the gathering near Dahlonega. Many of the people he met on assignment told him they do not go by their legal names during the event. That could prove to be a challenge for investigators.
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