Marcus Harper's Rock Solid Alibi

Marcus Harper left the bar called the White Horse Sloon in Fitzgerald, sometime after 1 a.m. He was looking for his friend Sergeant Sean Fletcher, an Ocilla police officer. The two joined up to search for Benny Merritt who had allegedly walked inside someone's house and refused to leave. After he frightened a night clerk at a local gas station about a mile outside of O'Silla, it was 4.28 a.m., according to records reviewed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. A few minutes later, Marcus claims he headed home to sleep. His mother also vouched for his return home that night around 5 a.m,. and said he went straight to