Photo: William Ware
The father of the pregnantGeorgia mother who was found fatally shoton the side of the road Tuesday says 29-year-old Akeila Ware was a devoted mother and daughter.
“Akeila was a loving daughter, mother and co-worker,” William Ware Jr. tells PEOPLE. “[She] loved her life. She worked her way through school to become a RN nurse. She was a family person.”
On Tuesday, deputies responding to reports of a car crash discovered Akeila suffering from gunshot wounds in her bullet-riddled car off the side of Highway 18, Troup County Sheriff James Woodruff said during a press conference Friday.
William Ware
Akeila, who attended Southern Union College in Alabama, worked as a home health care nurse.
“She enjoyed her patients,” William says.
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During Friday’s press conference, Woodruff announced that Akeila’s boyfriend, Alonzo Dargan Jr., is believed to be her killer.
Alonzo Dargan Jr.Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
While Dargan awaits extradition back to Georgia, Akeila’s family is mourning their loved one and caring for her children, who are staying with their grandparents.
“The kids are okay because they are often at our house anyways,” William says. When asked how the rest of the family is doing, he responded, “okay.”
Attorney information for Dargan was not available Monday.
source: people.com
