2 charged in 2019 death of South Fulton father

Nearly two years after a South Fulton father was kidnapped, killed and left in a burning car, police have arrested the men believed to be responsible.

Using cellphone data to tie the suspects to the cold case, investigators charged Anthony Goss, 31, and Roy Hill, 20, with the murder of Vincent Marsh, authorities said Tuesday. The men have also been linked to three other homicides, police said, including the rape and killing of a 21-year-old college student in southwest Atlanta.

Marsh, 55, a husband and father of two, was found shot to death in a burned-out car in July 2019, The Atlanta Journal-constitution previously reported. His body was so badly burned that investigators had to identify him using dental records in a process that took months.

According to police, Goss and Hill kidnapped Marsh on July 16 as he took out the trash near his home on Pleasant Hill Road. After kidnapping him, the men allegedly drove him to the Bank of America on Old National Highway and forced the father to withdraw money at gunpoint. The robbery was captured on the bank’s security system, police said.

Marsh’s body was later found in the back seat of a red hatchback set on fire at the intersection of Pleasant Ridge and Old National Highway, authorities said. He had been shot in the head, and a .40-caliber bullet was recovered from the scene.

Over the next several months, investigators asked the public for help and announced a cash reward for info in the case. Their big break came when Goss and Hill attempted to return a rental car riddled with bullet holes, according to South Fulton spokesman Gary Leftwich.

When asked to file a damage report, the men reportedly left the rental company — still in the car. They were later stopped by East Point police. In a search of the rental car, officers discovered several guns and cellphones, including a .40-caliber pistol, police said.

“Both men were questioned about the Marsh case but were released because of lack of key evidence,” Leftwich said.

After being arrested on an outstanding warrant in Henry County, Goss reportedly bragged to a cellmate about a body in a burned car on Old National Highway, police said. A GBI ballistics expert later matched the gun found during the traffic stop to the one used to kill Marsh, authorities said. Investigators then analyzed the cellphones discovered in the rental car.

“One of the cellphones found in the car during the traffic stop showed in its internet history a search for a burned body,” South Fulton Detective J. King said, adding that another pinged to Hill’s home. Using tracking data from the phone, investigators said they traced the movement of Goss and Hill on the night Marsh was killed.

South Fulton police didn’t have to look far to find the men after identifying them as suspects. Both Goss and Hill were already in jail on rape and murder charges stemming from the September 2019 death of a college student, according to police.

Authorities said Te’a Denise Liger, 21, was kidnapped and killed during a brutal home invasion in southwest Atlanta. A 2016 graduate of Kell High in Cobb County, Liger was attending an art school in California but had come back to Atlanta to visit, her mother said.

Both men have been charged with murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, armed robbery, arson and possession of a firearm in commission of a felony in addition to their previous charges. They remained at the Fulton County Jail on Tuesday afternoon.