A grim chapter unfolds as new charges are brought against a former Doraville police officer in the grotesque case involving the disappearance and death of a young Georgia teen. Miles Bryant, who at the time of his initial arrest was 22, now faces an attempted rape indictment, according to Atlanta News First. This is in addition to previous charges of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping, and filing a false report in relation to the disappearance of 16-year-old Susana Morales from Norcross.
Morales' passing has been a prolonged nightmare for the family, with her skeletal remains discovered last February by a passerby off Highway 316 after she went missing in July 2022, and now with the layers of accusation levied at Bryant his descent from officer of the law to alleged predator and killer seems but a descent into a darker aspect of human capability, still his purported misdeeds have yet to be adjudicated in a court of law. WSB-TV 2's Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson, who obtained court documents, reported that Morales and Bryant lived in close proximity in Norcross.
An initial arrest application revealed that the accusations of rape and murder were considered from the outset; though the first charges laid upon Bryant included concealing the death of another and sounding a false alarm about his gun being stolen—the claim being that he reported this theft the day after Morales went missing.
Jasmine Morales, sister of the victim, shared both her despair and her need for resolution, stating to Atlanta News First in a heavy heart, "I didn’t know, but I saw it coming because they found her with nothing, just her bones, Honestly, like the whole thing is just still a blur in my mind, each charge, and what it means exactly." An arraignment for the additional charge against Bryant is scheduled for February 1, with the trial to follow in June, as Morales’ family waits with abated breath, the days stretched long with their need for truth.
