Handsome Cat Lover, 28, Gunned Down Near UGA Nightspot: WHO KILLED DANIEL?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Macias enjoys the downtown Athens nightlife scene, but on Saturday, August 13, he forgoes a night on the town.

He leaves his job at a local restaurant, and crosses the street to a store. Inside, He gets a phone call, sets his purchase items down, and walks out. Macias continues the conversation as he walks to his car. The call lasts 7 minutes. As the phone call with Macias ends, the sound of 5 gunshots rings out.

Daniel Macias collapses in a bed of landscaping mulch. Someone calls 911 while two men chase the gunman. He picks up the pace and can outrun them Police on foot and bikes canvass the area all night, knocking on doors, and looking in the woods, but the gunman is gone.

There has been no arrest in the murder of Daniel Macias. Investigators say there are no suspects in the murder. And Detectives do not have a motive.

Crime Stoppers Anonymous Tip Line: 706-705-4775

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Christy Rohmer - Daniel’s Former Sister-in-law; GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/justiceformacias
Erin Lahey - Former Coworker and Friend of Daniel Macias
Darryl Cohen – Former Assistant District Attorney (Fulton County, Georgia) Former Assistant State Attorney (Florida), and Defense Attorney: Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC; Facebook: “Darryl B Cohen;” X: @DarrylBCohen
Dr. Chloe Carmichael – Clinical Psychologist, Women’s Health Magazine Advisory Board;’ Author: ‘Nervous Energy: Harness The Power of Your Anxiety;’ X: @DrChloe
Mark Malueg - Original Detective on Daniel’s case, Former Athens-Clarke County Police Department; Currently a Law Enforcement Technology/Software Consultant
Dr. Jan Gorniak – Medical Examiner, Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner (Las Vegas, NV), Board Certified Forensic Pathologist
Alexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories; X: @swimmie2009

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:11.0	Handsome, loving, smart, the apple of his families, I have you heard the name Daniel Macias?
0:25.0	Not many people have.
0:27.0	Why is his death not being covered?
0:31.0	And forget about covering it, solved. Who killed this brilliant, wonderful young
0:40.5	man? There was actually video surveillance in the area. It's very hard for me to believe
0:47.5	that no one knows anything about the death of Daniel Macias.
0:54.2	I'm just not buying it.
0:56.1	First of all, I want to give you the tip line.
0:58.2	404 2,44, 2,600, and even better, 706.
1:05.0	705 4, 775.
1:10.4	Repeat.
1:11.4	706, 705, 4775.
1:14.3	4775.
1:16.8	Do you know how I found out about this young man?
1:21.4	He's just a few years older than my son, John David Lynch. I
1:26.7	found it online on Twitter because Daniel was murdered near where Laken was murdered
1:39.1	was murdered near the U.G.A the news had electrified so many in law enforcement and so many legal
1:51.9	eagles, I happened to find out about Daniel Macias.
1:59.0	Joining me an All-Star Panel to make sense of what we know and figure out why this case has not been solved.
2:06.1	But first, I want to go to a coworker of Daniels, Aaron Leahy, who worked diligently to help get answers.
2:16.6	Erin, thank you for being with us.
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