Theodore Hertzberg

Atlanta train stabbing suspect faces new charge as feds weigh death penalty in great-grandmother’s killing

DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING:A Georgia man accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old great-grandmother in an unprovoked attack aboard an Atlanta MARTA train is now facing a federal charge that could make him eligible for life in prison or the death penalty, federal prosecutors said. John Elijah Matthews, 25, of Decatur, Georgia, was charged in a federal criminal complaint with committing an act of violence using a dangerous weapon with intent to cause death on a mass transportation system,...