NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Newton County jury convicted a man accused of shooting and killing the mother of his child and her husband in front of their daughter.
According to the Newton County District Attorney’s Office, Marques Smith shot and killed Craig and Desiree Thomas in Sept. 2022 during a child custody exchange.
Smith and Desiree Thomas had previously been in a relationship and had children together, including a then-15-year-old daughter. The DA’s office said the Thomas family went to Smith’s home on Pebble Lane in Covington to drop the children off…