After shooting and killing a girl who was 15 years old in her bedroom in the middle of the night the previous year, a young man from Georgia will spend the rest of his life behind bars to serve his sentence.

At that time, the Peachtree City Police Department reported that on February 21, 2023, Madison Gesswein, who was 15 years old, was found passed in her house at Peachtree City, Georgia.

Justus Smith, Jacobean Brown, and Yeshua Mathis, all of whom are 18 years old, were quickly taken into custody by the authorities in connection with her murder.

According to WSB-TV, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Citizen, the authorities in Fayette County stated on Tuesday, July 6, that Brown had been found guilty of murdering her.

According to the Journal-Constitution and The Citizen, the prosecution said that Madison had a disagreement with the three defendants on the evening before the murder. According to The Citizen, Peachtree City Assistant Chief Matt Myers said at the time that the three males were present at Madison’s residence the evening before the murder.

According to the Journal-Constitution and The Citizen, the dispute was conducted over text messages, which the authorities in charge of the probe claim they studied throughout their investigation.

Evidence has been uncovered that Brown sneaked into Madison’s bedroom via her window and shot her in the head with a weapon that he had taken with him. This information was reported by WSB-TV, the Journal-Constitution, and The Citizen.

According to the Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, the murderer, along with the two other defendants, reportedly brought cleaning products when they visited to her house. This information was reported by WSB-TV and Journal-Constitution.

In accordance with the call record, which was referenced by 11 Alive at the time, Madison’s mother saw her daughter lying in a pool of blood the next morning and immediately called 911.

A search of the court records conducted by WSB-TV revealed that the trial of Smith and Mathis is set to take place in the month of September.

According to 11 Alive and The Citizen, the outlets did not disclose whether or not officials had declared a reason for the crime; nevertheless, the police have said in the past that the victim knew her murderer and his co-defendants on several occasions.