Travis Lorenzo Berrian Wanted for Police Questioning After Bodies of Two Teens, Angela Brooks & Nancy Cushman, Found in Augusta Woods

Black man, Travis Lorenzo Berrian, wanted for questioning in deaths of two SC teens, Angela Brooks & Nancy Cushman, whose bodies were found in wooded area in Augusta.

The bodies of two Aiken, SC, teens, Angela Brooks, 19, and Nancy Cushman, 18, were discovered in a wooded lot early Thursday morning in downtown Augusta, Ga. Police are searching for Travis Lorenzo Berrian, who is black. They said he was not a suspect and was wanted only for information. Right, we know what that means when cops utter such words. He's really a suspect.

Brooks and Cushman were shot and killed Thursday, according to sheriff's office investigators. Their bodies were found on the corner of Twiggs Street and Laney-Walker Boulevard about 2:30 a.m. by a passerby walking through the wooded area, according to a news release. Cushman and Brooks were last seen about 12:30 a.m. on East Boundary Street with an unknown black man. They were shot at least once, but Richmond County Sheriff's Capt. Scott Peebles said police were withholding the location and number of wounds.

Cushman's 1999 Cadillac Escalade was found abandoned at Second and Telfair streets shortly after the bodies were found. The release said police believe based on evidence recovered that the suspect or suspects likely drove the Escalade from the scene of the crime to where it was abandoned. Source: The Augusta Chronicle

Of course, the cops are saying Berrian isn't a suspect, but the Augusta Chronicle isn't shying away from letting his criminal record be known, as they should, particularly if the reasoning is that he may be a person of interest. It seems that he has a lengthy rap sheet: five years in prison & six years probation for aggravated assault; second-degree criminal damage to property and criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark, according to The Augusta Chronicle archives. For me, race doesn't matter, crime is wrong and I hope they catch the perpetrator of these horrible acts.

UPDATE#1: Travis Lorenzo Berrian is no longer considered a person of interest. He is now a suspect in the execution-style killings and police are also searching for a second man who reportedly appeared in surveillance video released by investigators.