Coroner calls Augusta woman’s death ‘suspicious’

LaToya-Coley

Date: September 22, 2022

The Coroner’s Office is investigating a suspicious death on the 1800 block of Castleton Court in Augusta.

Latoya Denise Coley, 38, was pronounced dead at her residence at 1:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22.

She is already being remembered on Facebook, where she was known to be very religious and post inspirational sayings.

Kiba Pressley said this about her aunt: “She’s going forever be in my heart. … I’m a forever miss you you was my late night talks when I couldn’t talk to nobody else I was there for you. You was there for me. …  I don’t know what happened and I’m sorry I wasn’t there but I truly love and I miss you forever baby.”

An autopsy is scheduled, Coroner Mark Bowen said.

Greg Rickabaugh is the Jail Report contributor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at greg.rickabaugh@theaugustapress.com 

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Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

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