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Friday, June 28, 2013

Columbus Radio: Former DJ David Rutherford Found Dead

UPDATE 0708/13 12N:   Cody Jamal Mathis, 17, the suspect in the June murder of David Rutherford of Columbus, surrendered to police Sunday afternoon 07/07/2013.  The Columbus teen gave himself up to officers around 4:45 p.m. at the office of his attorney Stacey Jackson.  Mathis was then taken to the Muscogee County Jail.

Earlier Posting....

A former Columbus radio personality was found dead in the parking lot of a church, police in western Georgia said Thursday.

57-year-old David Rutherford was found behind Greater Ward Chapel AME Church Wednesday. WTVM-TV reported that the man’s death has been ruled a homicide.

WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather


Rutherford, originally from New Jersey, became a taxi driver after retiring from Magic 101.3 FM, now WAGH.

Neighbors told the television station they heard Rutherford being robbed outside of his house.

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