In the 25 years since he allegedly

murdered Liddie L. Evans, Carl Millard Patton Jr. has had several more

run-ins with the law, according to court documents discovered in Clayton

and Henry counties.

Patton was originally arrested

for Evans' murder days after her body was discovered in the Flint River

in late 1977. Patton was eventually released from jail due to a lack of

evidence, according to then-district attorney Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr.

Patton was sentenced to three

years in prison and a $500 fine by Clayton County Superior Court Judge

William Isom for theft by receiving stolen property and possession of

marijuana in October of 1983.

According to records, Patton

pled guilty to the charges, which were brought after he was found with

various tools from five different victims.

Patton began serving the three-year

jail sentence Nov. 15, 1983, but he was paroled after serving just five

and a half months. Court records also indicated that he finished his time

on probation without any further brushes with the law which could have

sent him