Police: Accused Admitted Killing Teen at MARTA Station

ATLANTA - There are stunning developments in the case of a man accused of killing a 14-year old boy, minutes after the Peach Drop on New Year's Eve.

Police testimony in a Fulton County courtroom Tuesday moing revealed that 36-year old Tommy Christopher Collins admitted he fatally stabbed 14-year old Rueben Hand.

MARTA detective Lorenzo Whitestone testified in a Fulton County courtroom that Collins "stated that people thought he was a monster and that he wanted to tell his side of the story. Collins stated he was robbed and that the victim stole his cell phone and his money. And then he also admitted to following the victims to the third gate, pulled out a knife out of his right pants pocket and indeed stabbed the victim in the hand and neck."

Collins is charged in the stabbing death of Hand. Hand's throat was slashed at the MARTA Five Points station just after midnight New Year's Day.

Marta police arrested the 36-year-old at his Clarkston apartment three days later. Investigators say they were able to apprehend Collins with help from surveillance video from the train station.