ATLANTA — The cause of death has been released for an Atlanta mother whose body was found inside a car more than a week ago.
Chanell Crosby, 35, was found dead inside the back of a vehicle around 2 p.m. on July 19 in the area of the West End MARTA station, police said. The discovery of her body came a day after her family filed a missing persons report with Atlanta Police on July 18. Her family said she was last seen on July 14.
Her death came two years after both her 13-year-old son, Jamiren Crosby, and her brother were both shot and killed months apart in 2022.
An autopsy report for Chanell's death was released to 11Alive on Tuesday. Her cause of death was revealed to be a gunshot wound, with her manner of death being ruled a homicide, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner. The findings also showed that Chanell's body was found decomposing. There was no gun found inside the car.
Photos | Jamiren and Chanell Crosby
There have still been no arrests made in her homicide.
APD continues to investigate Chanell's death. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers Atlanta Tip Line at 404-577-TIPS (8477), online at www.StopCrimeAtl.org, or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES (274637).
Background on death of Chanell's son, brother
Chanell's death comes a little less than two years after her son, 13-year-old Jamiren Crosby, was found behind a townhome on Parkway Trail in Lithonia on Sept. 19, 2022. His death was ruled a homicide, and almost two years later, there have still been no arrests made in his case.
11Alive's Kaitlyn Ross spoke to Chanell after the death of her son two years ago. She recalled the time when her son asked her to go with him to his fifth-grade dance. She had said that she had never worn a prom dress until she got the chance to go with her son.
Chanell's tragic and heartbreaking loss of her son Jamiren was actually not the first devastating death in her family that year. On April 20, 2022, Chanell's brother, Darrio "Polo" Giles, was found shot and killed inside the Seven Court Apartments on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW.
Polo's family told 11Alive at the time that he had just won about $4,000 in a progressive slot machine and thought the person who killed him was after that cash. They said the morning he was found, the cash was also gone.
Atlanta Police later said its preliminary investigation showed his death resulted from an attempted robbery.
Editor's note: This story has been updated.
