A 62-year-old Thomaston woman who admitted responsibility for a fatal, wrong-way crash and threw herself at the mercy of the court during a trial in June 2022 was released on parole Aug. 28.
Felicia Giacolone Whatley was driving south in the northbound lane Ga. Hwy. 7 on March 5, 2021 when she struck a northbound Toyota Tacoma driven by Jeremy Ryan Knight. A passenger in the truck, 38-year-old Nathan Suggs, was badly injured and lifeflighted to Grady where he died three days later.
In 2022, Whatley was sentenced to 12 years in prison and three years probation. She served roughly four years and two months.
While on parole, she will live with her mother in Thomaston.
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