Police arrest teens Brandon Warren and Dakota White for murdering high school grad Sam Poss

Two Georgia teenagers have been arrested on murder charges after an 18-year-old boy who had been missing since the weekend was found dead in the woods Wednesday.

Suspects Dakota White, 17, and Brandon Warren, 18, were taken into custody late Wednesday .

A short time later, a large search party combing through a 200-acre wooded area in Houston County came upon the body of Sam Poss.

Sam Poss, 18, pictured with his mother on the day of his graduation, was found dead in the woods Wednesday 

Poss, a recent high school graduate who had aspired to join the US Navy, was reported missing Saturday moing.

According to his father, Christian Poss, Sam was last seen alive at around 1.30am Saturday, walking barefoot along a wooded trail from the house of a friend, believed to be Dakota White, reported the Macon Telegraph. 

The 18-year-old victim reportedly had gone to White's home to fix his computer. He never made it back to his father's home, located just a half-mile away on Frank Satterfield Road.

According to Brandon Warren’s arrest warrant, Sam died as a result of strangulation, suffocation and/or stabbing.

The document states that Poss was killed sometime between 11pm Friday and 7am Saturday at White's home in the 1100 block of Tucker Road in Perry, Georgia, reported the station 13WMAZ. So far, there is no word on a possible motive.

 

Christian Poss, Sam's father (right), said the teen was last seen alive at around 1.30am Saturday, walking barefoot along a trail from the house of a friend, believed to be White

 

Violent death: According to Brandon Warren’s arrest warrant, Sam (right) died as a result of strangulation, suffocation and/or stabbing

Poss' disappearance sparked a large-scale search operation involving specially trained firefighters, cadaver dogs and a Georgia State Patrol helicopter, which came to a tragic end oveight when his body was located in the vicinity of Lake Joy.

Warren and White had their initial court appearance Thursday moing, at which time a judge ordered they both be held without bond. 

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched on behalf of Sam's father asking for donations to help cover his funeral expenses. As of Thursday afteoon, more than $2,500 has been raised.  

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