Sheriff's detectives are focusing

their efforts on finding a weapon owned by a Jonesboro man in connection

with the murder of a Fayette man and his friend who were found shot to

death at a north Fayette residence May 5.

The owner of the weapon, Eddie

Robbins, 48, of an address on Eagle Drive, Jonesboro, has not been named

a suspect in the murder of north Fayette resident David Mangham and Francis

Michael Fowler of Ellenwood, said Lt. Col. Bruce Jordan of the Fayette

County Sheriff's Department.

A $1,000 reward is being offered

for information leading to the recovery of the weapon, Jordan said.

"We are not naming him

a suspect," Jordan said. "We are just looking for his gun."

The weapon is described as

a Colt .45 caliber pistol, model 1911, Jordan said.

Robbins has told detectives

he doesn't know where the gun is and he hasn't cooperated with detectives

on the case, Jordan added.

"He probably knows where

it's at," Jordan said.

If the gun were found, it's

likely detectives would perform ballistics tests to determine if it was

used at the murder scene.

Robbins knew Mangham and Fowler

sincethey went to high school together, Jordan said. Mangham and Fowler

were found shot to death May 5 at Mangham's residence in the Princeton

Chase subdivision off Ga. Highway 314 North.

Over three weeks ago, Jordan

indicated that the investigation had focused on one person, who he declined

to name. Jordan said the suspect knew he was the focus of the investigation.

At the same time, detectives

began excavating the yard of the former residence of that suspect in Riverdale.

Detectives were hoping to find bullets in the ground since the suspect

reportedly had a habit of shooting his gun in the air to celebrate New

Year's Eve, a source close to the investigation said.

The dead bodies of Mangham

and Fowler had been discovered by someone who was trying to contact Mangham

at his residence. Police said they found Mangham in the master bedroom

and Fowler in the kitchen area.

Fowler occasionally did some

auto body work for Mangham in a garage at the rear of the residence, police

said.

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