Reginald Tyron Stokes was indicted in Appling Superior Court on December 2 for one count of malice murder, one count of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of cruelty to children in the third degree.

According to a news release by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in August, Stokes, 38, of Baxley, was arrested on August 28 for one count of felony murder, one count of malice murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and four counts of cruelty to a child in the third degree, in connection to the death of Malika Shanae’ Harris. Stokes was apprehended in Warwick, by Worth County Sheriff’s Office deputies, and taken to the Appling County Jail. The GBI Douglas office recognized the assistance provided by Worth County and Crisp County Sheriff’s Offices in the location and arrest of Reginald Stokes.