Mark Schaller was murdered at his house in northeast Atlanta. The 2002 murder of Mark Schaller, who was found dead by strangulation, was featured on the TVOne true-crime drama ATL Homicide.
Howard M. Belcher was named the prime suspect in the assassination and two others in the Atlanta area.
According to authorities at the time, all three victims were killed after being observed leaving the Bulldogs club in Midtown with Belcher. For one of the murders, Belcher is currently serving a life sentence.
Mark Schaller Murder Update
On October 5, 2002, Mark Schaller, a gay man, was murdered at his posh condo on Dutch Valley Road in Midtown.
Schaller was discovered half-naked with his hands bound by a necktie, authorities said and died of a blunt force injury to the neck.
Prosecutors in Fulton County first chose not to seek the death penalty against Belcher but changed their minds in 2005. Belcher thanked his attorneys and wanted to die in court in January 2005.
The second season of the TVOne true-crime series recreates instances told by former Atlanta Police Department homicide investigators David Quinn and Vince Velazquez.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covered the initial investigation into Belcher in 2002 and the start of the murder trial regarding Schaller’s death in 2005.
A man arrested on a theft charge in metro Atlanta suspects at least three killings and kidnapping.
Where Is Killer Howard Milton Belcher Today?
Howard Belcher, 25, was arrested in College Park on October 30 while driving a 1994 Lexus owned by McKinney.
Belcher has subsequently been charged with murder in the deaths of a man in Atlanta and a guy in Paulding County.
According to authorities, the cause of death in the Paulding death, which also occurred at the victim’s house, has not been determined.
Howard Milton Belcher, 25, was convicted on June 22 in the murder and robbery of Matthew Abney, an assistant manager at a Wal-Mart.
According to Osborne, after the two exited an Atlanta pub, Belcher strangled Abney, robbing him of his money and valuables.
Court-authorized prosecutors to introduce evidence in the death of Fulton resident Mark Schaller during Belcher’s six-day trial.
According to Osborne, Schaller, 40, was found strangled roughly five days before Abney’s killing in his northeast Atlanta home.
Killer Howard Belcher Indicted On A New Murder Charge
Howard Belcher, 26, had already been sentenced to prison for the murder of a Wal-Mart assistant manager in Paulding County.
For tying up Matthew Abney, 45, and strangling him on October 10, 2002, he is serving a life sentence plus 20 years.
Belcher was charged with murder by a grand jury on Tuesday in the death of Atlanta businessman Mark Schaller, 40, who was battered and killed in his posh apartment on Dutch Valley Road on October 5, 2002.