Man arrested in 1976 murder case after applying for a job

Lawrenceville, GAA 65-year-old man was arrested on a second-degree murder charge from 1985 after his name reportedly popped up in a criminal background check for a job application he filled out.

span itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="display:block">The Lawrenceville police department arrested Johnny Wright last week on a warrant that was issued more than 20 years ago for the murder of 23-year-old Rebecca A. Doisy, the Atlantic Journal Constitution reports.

Though Doisy's sister reported her missing on August 7, 1976, local police spent nine years investigating the case before having enough evidence to get a warrant for Wright. However, up until last week, authorities didn't know the location of the suspect.

Captain Greg Vaughn said that earlier this month, Wright allegedly applied for a driving job with a company that required a criminal background check, which brought up the decades-old warrant to local police.

When the suspect went to the Lawrenceville Police Department to pay for the background check, he was reportedly arrested in the lobby.
Wright is being held in Georgia on a $100,000 bond and is awaiting extradition to Missouri.