News 12 at 6 o'clock, October 13, 2008

AUGUSTA, Ga -- 16-year-old murder suspect Cornelius Moore turned himself in to Richmond County investigators around 9 o'clock this morning.

Sgt. Calvin Chew says the teenager's mother brought him down to the Law Enforcement Center at 401 Walton Way.

Moore had been on the run for nearly a week after jumping out of a window at his home last Tuesday (October 7) in his effort to escape from deputies. Investigators say the teen then stole a car and managed to be on the run for six days. A massive manhunt ensued last week in the Cherry Tree Crossing and Milledgeville Road areas. During the manhunt, deputies locked down two schools and searched cars looking for Moore.

Sgt. Chew says Moore is facing charges of murder and armed robbery as an adult. Moore also faces a number of other juvenile charges relating to the home invasion on Royal Street on October 2nd.

23-year-old Jezreel Hammond was shot to death after investigators say several men broke in the back door of a home he and his grandmother shared. His grandmother was not hurt in the attack.

"Terrible. Yes ma'am, can't help but cry...I hate it happen and i hate they got my son mixed up in it, but like i said before, i don't think he did it." Mother Jacqueline Johnson says not only were the murder allegations tough to handle, but so was his daring escape and week on the run.

"I was just was stressed out about it, i was depressed. I couldn't stop crying because i believe my brother's innocent." says his older sister Latasha Moore.

Still this sister and mother encouraged Moore to stop running.

"I feel safer with him in there than out here running the streets. I told him it's be best to turn himself in and so we can get a lawyer and prove he's innocent." adds Johnson.

Ian Bonner is also charged with Hammond's murder. He was arrested last week. Deputies still looking for a third person in connection with the murder, but they have not revealed his identity.

26-year-old Kenneth Rodriguez Gaines was arrested on October 4th. He's charged with armed robbery as well as firearm and drug charges related to the deadly home invasion.