Three teens, adult charged with murder after woman finds her teenage son dead in abandoned home
Austin Payne's mother tracked his cellphone to an abandoned Albany, Georgia, residence after the 15-year-old called to say he had been shot.
TL;DR
- Three teenagers and one adult have been charged with murder in the shooting death of 15-year-old Austin Payne.
- Payne's mother found him dead in an abandoned home after tracking his cellphone when he didn't return on Halloween night.
- Payne had called his mother after being shot, according to the police chief.
- Investigators are looking into an attempted robbery as a possible motive, with a handgun Payne displayed on social media potentially being a factor.
- Payne's family has started a GoFundMe to cover funeral expenses.