Monday, April 14, 2025–3:40 p.m.

-Staff reports-

Two arrests have been made in connection with the death of a Kingston man more than 24 years ago.

Marion Travis Silvers, who was 51 at the time, was shot and killed on March 10, 2001.

His body was discovered in the cab of his pickup truck in the parking lot of the Wendy’s off I-75 in Adairsville.

Gary Wayne Fowler and Mary Ruth Fowler, both 73 of Chatsworth, were booked into the Bartow County Jail late last week on murder charges.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation:

This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the GBI Tip Line. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

The GBI will continue the investigation. Once complete, the case file will be given to the Bartow County District Attorney Erle J. Newton III’s Office for prosecution.