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Additional arrests made in Hannah Bender murder case

Two teenagers are jail in Dawson County, charged with tampering with evidence and concealing a body.

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Two teenagers have been arrested in Dawson County, charged with allegedly helping hide Hannah Bender's body.

Bender was the missing 21-year-old Lumpkin County woman whose body was believed to be found in a shallow grave in Forsyth County last week.

Authorities arrested Isaac Huff, 18, Monday, Sept. 30. Dylan Reid, 19, was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 1. Both were charged with concealing a dead body. Reid was also charged with tampering with evidence.

RELATED: Previous person on interest in Hannah Bender murder now arrested, charged in case

Police are still searching for Austin Stryker, the man believed to have killed Hannah Bender. US Marshals are offering a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to Stryker's arrest.

Credit: Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office
Austin Todd Stryker

Stryker was last seen in Clay County, West Virginia with Jerry Harper, 78, on Sept. 23. Harper was arrested in Dawson County last Friday.

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Harper had previously been described as a person of interest in the case. Harper had warrants for his arrest on tampering with evidence and concealing a dead body, issued by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Sept. 26. 

When Harper and Stryker were seen together in West Virginia, they were in a white Ford Explorer, according to authorities.

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