Bryant challenging Hackley for coroner position

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Clay has a law degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law. He is a lifelong resident of Troup County. Clay graduated from Hogansville High school, DeKalb College, and Brenau University. He has been recognized by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as one of the best cold case homicide investigators in the country.

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Clay worked as a Georgia State Trooper and became a police chief in Hogansville and later an investigator in the Coweta County District Attorney's Office. He is known for his book "Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore: A Cry From the Well." He has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement.

Clay Bryant's campaign for coroner is his first entry into politics.

As of March 19, 2024, Clay Bryant did not have a website or any information online.

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Erin went to Newnan High School and later graduated from West Georgia College.

Erin has previously worked as an EMT and Deputy Coroner in Troup County, and owns a lawncare company. She is a paramedic with American Medical Response.

Bryant challenging Hackley for coroner position 

Erin M. Hackley is the current coroner for Troup County.

Troup County Coroner candidates participate in forum

Believes one of the biggest challenges is obtaining more space for the coroner's office.

- Believes one of the biggest challenges is obtaining more space for the coroner's office.

Erin Hackley elected as Troup County coroner 

Said “The biggest responsibility of the coroner is to ensure that no stone is left unturned in a death [investigation].”

Plans to work on granting funding and finding grant opportunities to get morgues in place.

- Said “The biggest responsibility of the coroner is to ensure that no stone is left unturned in a death [investigation].”
- Plans to work on granting funding and finding grant opportunities to get morgues in place.

Erin M Hackley

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstance of death under the Georgia Death Investigation Act.  
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include violent deaths, suicides, sudden deaths, deaths unattended by a physician, suspicious deaths, deaths of children younger than seven years old, executions, deaths of inmates, and deaths of people admitted to a hospital unconscious. 
- The Coroner is responsible for pronouncing someone dead, and for releasing remains to be cremated, transported to another state, or autopsied. 
- All Georgia Coroners are required to attend a 40 hour course at the Georgia State Patrol Training Center and receive 24 hours of in services training on death investigation procedures each year. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 