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Former police officer remains
behind bars without bond,
accused of concealing a
16 year old girl's death.
Good evening, I'm faith Jesse
and I'm Jennifer Bellamy.
Today 11 alive obtained warrants
showing the possible connection between
Miles Bryant and Susana Morales.
The two lived close to one
another when she disappeared six
months ago in Gwinnett County.
We have team coverage for you tonight.
11 alives. Bobeth gates.
Has been speaking with the Morales
family about their reaction
to these newest developments,
but Brittany Kleinpeter begins our
coverage digging deeper into the warrants,
accusing Bryant of getting caught up in
a lie the day after Morales disappeared.
According to arrest warrants,
we know that the 22 year old is
accused of falsely reporting a
crime and concealing the death
of 16 year old Susanna Morales.
Here is officer Miles Bryant in court.
Mr. Miles, I show that you have two warrants,
a misdemeanor and a felony.
Do you already know what those are?
OK, your bond was denied by the
judge that signed the warrant.
Now the reason given was that you
are a danger to the community.
An arrest warrant obtained by 11 alive
today accuses Miles Bryant of falsely
reporting his car was broken into at
his Norcross apartment complex on
July 27th and his gun as being stolen.
That was one day after Morales
went missing in that same area.
Brian is accused of later dumping Morales's
naked body in the woods today, a judge.
Signed him an attorney cautioning him not
to talk about his case with anyone else.
Nobody knows exactly what's
going to happen in your case.
People who start telling you
that they know what's going to
happen in your case have no clue.
The arrest warrant shows Bryant lived
on Windscape Lane near Norcross,
close to where Morales lived.
She was last heard from when she texted
her mother while walking home from a
friend's house around 9:40 PM on July 26th.
Police believe at some point she
likely got into a vehicle because
her phone pinged around 10:20.
One near oak lock trace.
That was the last time anyone knew
her whereabouts until her body
was found just last week near
the Gwinnett Barrow County line.
Investigators are still trying
to determine how she died,
and the warrant doesn't offer
any insight into that.
Bryant worked for the Doraville
Police Department,
but as news of his arrest broke yesterday,
we learned that he had been fired.
Gwinnett County police tell us this
is still a very active investigation
and more charges could be filed.
No next court date has been
set in Gwinnett County.
Brittany Kleinpeter, 11 Alive News
both Yates continues
our team coverage tonight.
She talked with Morales's family
and Miles Bryant's neighbors,
but Beth joins us live from
the apartment complex where
the officer lived. Ibeth.
Hey faith. Well, Susanna Morales
was last seen walking down this
sidewalk on Singleton Road.
If you follow me, you
can see this is the complex where
that officer lives and she vanished
while walking down this road in
the direction to this complex.
It's unbelievable. Honestly,
I have. There's no words I
can say honestly to explain.
Jasmine Morales says her family is
shocked to learn now former Doraville
police officer Miles Bryant has
been arrested in connection with the
death of her sister, Suzanna Morales,
who went missing six months ago.
There's no other words besides that
it sucks that it took so long,
but I'm guessing that him being
an officer has to do with that.
The night of July 26th surveillance video
shows Susanna walking down Singleton Rd.
in the direction of her home before.
You disappeared.
Court records indicate Bryant
lived near Morales's home.
Today we went to another
address in Northcross.
It was listed in Brian's jail records to
see if a family member would talk to us.
No one came to the door.
Well, our search for answers didn't
just take us to the address listed
on Officer Bryant's jail records,
but also to this apartment complex where
he lived with his girlfriend
and was taken into custody.
And now neighbors who live
in the area are in disbelief.
It's hard to just put my mind
around it right now that this is
the person that's been living.
Over here in this complex, like what?
The resident asked us not to disclose
her identity out of fear of retaliation,
but says while she did
not know Brian personally,
he has introduced himself several
times as a police officer who also
moonlight as security at the complex.
Another neighbor shared this cell
phone clip showing what they describe
as investigators collecting a bed
sheet from Brian's personal car.
Then it and his police car were towed away,
and when we asked her about his
demeanor for the past six months,
that resident responded
smiling, laughing.
Just living his life.
And it's a whole poor
baby that's laid out.
Like what? Are you serious?
Police Department says their
investigation continues and they
and the family are asking anyone
with information about this
crime to come forward in
Gwinnett. Bobeck, Yates, 11
Alive News thank you so much
for Beth for that report.
We are staying on top of this
investigation as the Gwinnett
County community mourns
Morales and looks for answers.
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