Macon woman was stalked, abused before ex allegedly killed her, sister claims

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A man who was arrested for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a trash can in Macon also abused the woman before she died, her sister claims.

Teasha Ariele Colbert, 42, was found dead at her ex-boyfriend Snapper Orlando Brundage’s east Macon apartment on Sept. 11, according to her sister, Sandy Colbert, and the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Brundage, 48, was charged with murder in connection with her death on Sept. 30, deputies said.

Brundage and Teasha Colbert previously dated but had separated, according to Maj. Jason Batchelor, who leads the sheriff’s office’s Criminal Investigations Division.

Domestic issues between the former couple were never reported to the sheriff’s office, Batchelor said. The alleged homicide of Teasha Colbert was the only incident that appeared in the sheriff’s office’s records management system. Efforts to identify Brundage’s attorney prior to publication were unsuccessful.

The pair lived together at Brundage’s apartment at Sanford Arms before breaking up around February or March, Sandy Colbert said. Teasha Colbert then moved into an apartment just a few units away.

That’s when the alleged abuse and stalking followed, Sandy Colbert claimed.

“He was like peeping in a window and like uncrewed the porch light, and got (her) mail out the mailbox,” Sandy Colbert claimed in an interview with The Telegraph, hours after her sister was found dead. “It’s just the little petty stuff that she didn’t really take seriously, and I didn’t think it would escalate to anything of this magnitude.”

Sandy Colbert, 41, said she was worried when Teasha told her that Brundage verbally threatened her.

“He was like, ‘I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna do something to you,’” Sandy Colbert claimed. “We’re so opposite. I’m gonna worry. I worry about everything.”

But Teasha Colbert didn’t dwell on it, according to her younger sister.

“I hate that she lost her life in this manner because nobody deserves it, but I just think about so much fun that she had, we had, over the years,” Sandy Colbert said with a grin. “I can’t help this smile.”

Sandy Colbert, an insurance agent and single mother, encouraged others to be cautious of similar abusive signs, and “take it seriously.”

“If somebody else is in this kind of situation, they can see how minor her stalking incidents were but how fast it escalated to something tragic,” Sandy Colbert said. “I don’t want to be secretive at this point if it can help somebody else.”

It was unclear if Brundage was given an initial court hearing with a judge by Monday.

The sheriff’s office’s Open Records Unit and public information officers did not respond to The Telegraph’s request for details on an initial hearing. These are usually held inside of the Bibb County Jail.

Cathy Willis, a criminal clerk for Bibb County Superior Court, said there was no record of him being indicted in connection to this case.

Signs of domestic abuse and violence

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office created a new position about a month ago to support people affected by domestic violence.

Madonna Baker, the domestic violence coordinator and investigator at the sheriff’s office, is trained to handle these types of incidents with specialized care that differs from an average patrol deputy or the person expected to respond first to a scene.

“Patrol officers … may be able to ascertain a physical domestic issue, versus, I’m able to look for a different pattern that’s not necessarily physical all the time,” Baker told The Telegraph.

Non-physical abuse can be psychological or emotional such as coercing, controlling, humiliating, isolating, threatening and gaslighting someone, or making someone question their understanding of reality, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. The 24/7 hotline is available at 1-800-799-7233.

She emphasized that abuse is not always physical, but probable cause has to exist in order to charge someone.

Baker encouraged people to document instances of abuse, especially when there may not be physical evidence. Another form of evidence can include 911 calls that report different occasions of mistreatment by a person.

“The documentation is important (and) leads to a history, should this continue to happen,” she said. “Those are things that add more credence to this victim.”

But Baker recognized that some may be afraid to report these incidents due to a fear of being re-victimized, publicized, retaliated against by the alleged perpetrator and stigmatized.

“They don’t have to remain in these situations,” she said. “There are resources in the community that will assist them in saving themselves, their children or whatever needs be.”

The sheriff’s office created the new domestic violence investigator position about a month ago to support people affected by these incidents. The agency also has two advocates who help victims of various crimes navigate the criminal justice system and obtain supportive resources, Baker said.

People can call the local sheriff’s office at 911 for emergencies, or 478-751-7500 for non-emergencies.

Crisis Line & Safe House of Central Georgia offers housing, counseling and legal resources to local survivors of domestic violence, stalking, dating violence and sexual assault, according to the nonprofit’s website. A 24/7 confidential hotline is available at 478-745-9292.

This story was originally published October 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM.