Someone using a magnet to fish for metal objects in a Georgia creek pulled up a rifle as well as some lost belongings of a couple found slain in the same area more than nine years ago, officials said.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says driver's licenses, credit cards and other items dragged from Horse Creek in rural Telfair County are 'new evidence' in a murder case that's still awaiting trial.A citizen who was magnet fishing in the creek on April 14 discovered a .
Towns was indicted for a second time in the killings in 2020, and the case was delayed again by the COVID-19 pandemic. He has pleaded not guilty.Court proceedings have also likely been slowed by prosecutors' decision to seek the death penalty, which requires extra pretrial legal steps.Towns' defense attorney, Franklin Hogue, did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment Tuesday.