A Georgia man who appeared in a spinoff of the popular reality show “90 Day Fiancé” has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in Hazlehurst earlier this month, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Douglas L. Wooten, 39, who in 2019 appeared in the third season of TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days,” surrendered to authorities Jan. 7 and remains in the Jeff Davis County Jail, reports said.
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Wooten was not one of the main personalities on the show but appeared alongside one of its stars, Angela Deem. He was introduced as “DJ Doug,” an event coordinator at a wedding venue in Deem’s hometown, reports said.
The fatal shooting happened about 8:45 p.m. Jan. 4 at 21 Mark Hall Drive, where someone called the Jeff Davis County sheriff to report a man down.
Deputies arrived to find 54-year-old Marcos Ramirez dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
So far, police have not revealed a motive or the circumstances that led to the shooting, nor Wooten’s connection to three other suspects from Hazlehurst arrested in the case.
It’s unclear how any of them knew the victim.
Ramirez’s body was transported to the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, reports said.
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The day after the shooting, state law enforcement officials tracked down and arrested Kegan B. Bennett, 39; Denver L. Wooten, 18; and Verlyttia Ivory, 32.
Each faces numerous felony charges, including murder, home invasion, armed robbery and cruelty to children in the second degree.
An arrest warrant had to be issued for Douglas Wooten, who fled the crime scene, reports said.
Three days later, however, he turned himself in.
Like the others involved, he faces counts of felony murder, home invasion, armed robbery and cruelty to children, reports said.
The GBI Douglas Regional Office is continuing to investigate.
The spinoff show that premiered in August 2017 follows foreign couples who have 90 days to marry each other after applying for K-1 visas to become U.S. citizens.
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