Detravion Parker

Introduction

Detravion Parker, a 22-year-old man from Albany, Georgia, is charged with murder in the shooting death of 15-year-old Austin Payne, whose body was found inside an abandoned home on Cameo Lane in Albany on the morning of November 1, 2026, the day after Halloween . Parker was arrested alongside three teenagers — 15-year-olds Jansquincey Donaldson and Omari Marion and 16-year-old Adarious Wallace — and all four were charged with murder and booked into the Dougherty County Jail . The arrests came three days after Payne’s death and followed an investigation that drew on surveillance footage, cellphone records and witness statements . Parker has not entered a plea, and no trial date has been publicly reported.

Background Information

Public reporting on Parker is limited to his age, his booking and the charge against him; none of the coverage describes his occupation, residence or prior history . The case is investigated by the Albany Police Department in Albany, the seat of Dougherty County in southwest Georgia . Payne, the victim, was two weeks shy of his 16th birthday — a relative wrote that he would have turned 16 on November 12 — and was survived by his mother and a 17-year-old sister . His family launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to cover funeral expenses .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Charged, not convicted. Parker and three teenagers each face a murder charge in the death of Austin Payne. The charges are accusations in a pending prosecution — no indictment, plea or trial outcome has been reported. The account of the shooting below comes from Albany police statements and witnesses speaking to local reporters, including an attempted-robbery theory that remains an investigative claim, not an adjudicated fact.

According to the Albany Police Department, the killing happened sometime after 2:32 a.m. on November 1, 2026, on the 800 block of Cameo Lane; officers who responded found Payne dead inside an abandoned home . WALB reported, citing the initial incident report, that Payne had failed to return home on Halloween night and that his mother began searching for him, using phone tracking to locate his phone at an abandoned apartment at 810 Cameo Lane, Apartment B, where she found him unresponsive the next morning . Albany Police Chief Michael Persley said at a November 2 news conference that Payne had called his mother after being shot: “He did make a call to his mother that he had been shot” .

Investigators reconstructed the night of October 31 from surveillance footage, cellphone records and witness statements . Witnesses told investigators that armed individuals approached a group walking with Payne, demanded their belongings and opened fire . According to WALB, witnesses said Payne may have been targeted in an attempted robbery connected to a handgun he had recently posted on social media — an account attributed to witnesses and relayed through the police investigation, not established in court .

On Wednesday, November 4, investigators announced they had identified and charged four suspects in Payne’s death: Jansquincey Donaldson, 15; Omari Marion, 15; Adarious Wallace, 16; and Detravion Parker, 22 — all booked into the Dougherty County Jail . The Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office public booking record lists a Detravion Parker booked November 3, 2026, on a murder charge at the jail at 201 W. Oglethorpe Blvd . The booking photograph of Parker circulated with the coverage was credited to the Albany Police Department via WALB and the Sheriff’s Office . Spelling note: the Fox News syndicated article republished by the New York Post spells the name “Detravion Parke,” while the Sheriff’s Office booking record and every local outlet spell it “Parker”; this page follows the jail record . Three of the four charged are juveniles, and the coverage does not describe how their cases are being handled.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The story broke locally: WALB reported the arrests on November 4, and WSB-TV and CBS News Atlanta followed on November 5, each carrying the full list of names and ages and the Dougherty County bookings . The case reached a national audience four days after the arrests, when the New York Post tweeted the story and republished Fox News’ account, which led with the detail that Payne’s mother had found her son by tracking his cellphone after he failed to come home from Halloween night . Public response centered on the victim’s family: the GoFundMe for funeral expenses carried a relative’s message, “Our family is trying to process this heartbreaking loss,” and noted the birthday Payne would not reach . No public statement from Parker, any co-defendant, or attorneys for any of the four appears in the coverage.

Current Status

As of November 8, 2026, Parker and his three co-defendants are charged with murder and booked at the Dougherty County Jail; no indictment, arraignment outcome, plea or trial date has been publicly reported, and WALB describes the case as a developing story it will continue to follow . The Albany Police Department continues to ask anyone with information about the shooting to contact investigators at 229-431-2100, or Crime Stoppers at 229-436-8477 . Nothing in the coverage indicates whether Parker has obtained counsel or how the juvenile co-defendants’ cases will proceed.

Impact on Their Career/Life

For Parker, the charge places a 22-year-old with no prior public profile at the center of a homicide prosecution alongside three minors, in custody at the Dougherty County Jail since early November . For Albany, the case marked a Halloween night that ended with a 15-year-old shot to death in an abandoned apartment a short walk from his own phone’s last location, identified through his mother’s search rather than by police . The investigation’s public arc — a mother’s phone tracking, a dying call to her, and four arrests three days later — is what the record currently consists of; everything beyond the charges remains unadjudicated .

Sources

*NY Post, “Georgia teens, adult charged with murder after mom finds son Austin Payne dead in home,” November 8, 2026 — source
*WALB, “3 teens, 1 man arrested, charged with murder in death of 15-year-old in Albany,” November 4, 2026 — source
*WSB-TV, “15-year-old found dead inside abandoned Georgia home; 4 charged,” November 5, 2026 — source
*CBS News Atlanta, “4 charged with murder of 15-year-old after body found in abandoned Georgia home, police say,” November 5, 2026 — source
*Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office booking record (EventMap) — source
*@nypost on X, November 8, 2026 — source