Woman stabbed to death late Monday in Macon neighborhood near Pio Nono and Napier avenues

A man with past ties to metro Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio, was jailed on murder and aggravated assault charges in the Monday-night stabbing death of a 27-year-old woman on the north side of Macon’s Unionville neighborhood.

The victim, Brittany Wright, was killed sometime in the 9 p.m. hour, officials said. She was believed to have been slain at a house on Courtland Avenue, just south of Napier Avenue between Beech and Date avenues, a block west of Pio Nono Avenue.

Circumstances of her death were not immediately known, but a suspect, a man named Idris Oladipo Alaka, was taken into custody shortly after 10 p.m.

According to a sheriff’s statement: “Deputies were responding to an unrelated call on Courtland Avenue when a homeowner flagged down the deputies. Deputies entered the home and discovered ... Wright fatally wounded. Deputies detained Alaka on scene.”

Wright’s death was the county’s 47th homicide of 2022.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.