A man who strangled to death a former girlfriend just months after being released from prison pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter.
Richmond County Sheriff’s
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Kenneth L. Carr, 53, was arrested for the April 25, 2019, slaying of 44-year-old Tiffany D’Antignac who had called 911 around 4 a.m. asking for help because Carr was armed with a knife and trying to break into her home. Officers couldn’t find D’Antignac’s home on Conklin Lane, said Richmond County Assistant District Attorney William Hammond. A friend found her body around 7 a.m.
The charges of murder and home invasion were reduced because witnesses who saw Carr that morning cannot be found, the prosecutor said. Carr pleaded guilty in Richmond County Superior Court in exchange for a 20-year prison term.
Carr was last released from prison in January 2019 after serving a portion of a 20-year sentence he received in Terrell County for aggravated assault. He previously served prison terms for a 2002 burglary, and for burglaries and a robbery in 1994-95.
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Defense attorney Zachary Goolsby told Judge Ashley Wright that Carr cared for D’Antignac and was remorseful for what he did. Carr would never have hurt the victim but for being high on crack cocaine that day, Goolsby said. He had been addicted to crack since he was a teen, Goolsby said of Carr.
D’Antignac’ family protested that 20 years in prison wasn’t enough for Carr, who killed a blind woman. Carr had also tried to strangle her to death a week earlier.
Carr who said, “I’m sorry for what I did,” grimaced as D’Antignac family talked to the judge, crossing his arms and looking elsewhere from the camera that linked Carr to the courtroom through video conferencing.
Sandy Hodson is a staff reporter with The Augusta Press. Reach her at sandy@theaugustapress.com.
