Man cops say strangled woman to death is captured in Ohio

Mother of his kids found dead in Gwinnett County.

A man accused of killing his children’s mother in Gwinnett County was captured in Ohio on Friday night, Gwinnett County police said.

He is accused of strangling the mother of his two children in a domestic dispute, police said.

Perth Earl, 39, has active warrants out for his arrest on charges of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault in the death of Angela Burnett.

According to Channel 2 Action News, warrants indicate Burnett died of strangulation.

“We believe that he is currently fleeing the state to a destination unknown,” Gwinnett police Cpl. Michele Pihera said before Earl had been captured.

Police got a call about 2 a.m. Friday from someone outside of Gwinnett County reporting the domestic dispute at a home in the 4100 block of Phil Niekro Parkway, Pihera said.

Officers arrived to find Burnett unresponsive inside the home with two young children and an adult with special

needs also at the home.

Burnett, 37, was later determined to be dead, and Earl, the father of her two youngest children, was gone.

Although Burnett didn’t have any obvious signs of trauma such as stabbing or gunshot wounds, “we’re investigating this as a homicide,” Pihera said.

The children, who were upstairs during the woman’s death, may have heard the incident unfold, Pihera said.

The children are now staying with other family members, police said. The adult with special needs is Burnett’s child but is not related to Earl.

JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM Michele Pihera and Jay Brewer with the Gwinnett police investigate at the scene Friday. The children, who were upstairs at the time of the woman’s death, may have heard the incident unfold, Pihera said.