On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Investigators with the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Salem Church Road in Tallapoosa in reference to a death investigation. Sgt. Bobby Mullenix was the lead investigator on the call. The investigation revealed that a tree service had been working on the property for several days. On Wednesday afternoon, they were attempting to get a tree down when it twisted and came down in the wrong direction. When the tree service owner was checking around the tree, he observed his 16-year-old son, identified as Hunter Barrett of Cedartown, under part of the tree. Barrett had been in a vehicle earlier and no one was aware that he had moved.
The call went out to Haralson County E-911 dispatch at 2:33 PM and a full response was sent to the address. Unfortunately, life saving measures could not help the Barrett and the coroner and investigators were called to the scene.
“This was just a horrible, tragic accident,” states Sheriff Stacy Williams. “These kinds of accidents are hard to deal with when an adult is involved, it is so much worse when it is a child. I would like to thank every agency that was involved yesterday. Please join us in praying for his family during this difficult time.”
