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DEKALB COUNTY, GA— Former DeKalb County Police Sgt. Cameron Livsey, 47, has been indicted in connection with the cold case concerning the kidnapping and rape of two teen girls. The break came 15 years after DNA linked Livsey to evidence collected in 2011, DeKalb District Attorney Sherry Boston announced on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
A DeKalb County Grand Jury indicted Livsey on Tuesday, Oct. 6, on charges of Rape, Aggravated Sodomy, two counts of Kidnapping, two counts of Armed Robbery, two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, two counts of Aggravated Sexual Battery, and two counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony for the alleged assaults of the two teens.
Authorities said the teens, ages 17 and 16 at the time, were walking through Exchange Park on the night of Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 when a man approached them from behind and told them not to turn around because he had a gun. He assaulted both of them at the park, then drove the 16-year-old to another location, where she was raped again.
According to the investigation, the 17-year-old told police that the man took their bags, phones, and money before ordering them to take off their clothes and lie face down on the ground. After sexually assaulting both girls, he ordered the 17-year-old to get up and run away naked, warning her that if she turned around, he would shoot her. The girl ran to an apartment complex on Lumby Drive and knocked on a door for help. Officers with the DeKalb County Police Department responded to a call for help around 10:30 p.m.
The 16-year-old told officers that after the man ordered her 17-year-old friend to run away from the park, he made her put her clothes back on and get into his silver Dodge Charger. The girl said he told her to keep her head down, so she did not know where he had taken her, but she heard a garage door opening and then closing behind them. The man made her get out of the car and took her from the attached garage into the house where he raped her again and forced her to perform oral sex at gunpoint. After the assault, the man tried to destroy the evidence of his crime by making the teen take a shower before getting her dressed again, authorities said. The suspect then drove her to an apartment complex off Panola Road in Stonecrest, about 8 miles from Exchange Park, where she was dropped off. Police responded to a call for help at the apartment complex after receiving a call around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.
Police transported the 16-year-old to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston where medical professionals performed a sexual assault exam and recovered male DNA. The DNA profile was uploaded into the national Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) with no match.
Federal charges lead to a CODIS Hit
On April 30, 2026, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Sgt. Cameron Livsey on one count of Intent to View Images of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct. Livsey resigned in lieu of termination following m his federal arrest.
Under federal law, suspects arrested on federal charges have a DNA sample taken and uploaded to CODIS.
In late August, the DA’s Office was notified that Livsey’s DNA was a match to the 2011 cold case rape.
Livsey will soon be scheduled for an arraignment on the state charges against him, the District Attorney’s Office said.
“Cases like this shake our faith in the criminal justice system and the people entrusted to work within it,” said District Attorney Sherry Boston. “I hope that Livsey’s indictment shows that here in DeKalb County no one is above the law and those who try to use their positions of power to victimize others will be held responsible.”
DeKalb County Police Chief Gregory Padrick said detectives’ work collecting and preserving evidence helped investigators identify the suspect nearly 15 years later, condemning the suspect.
“This case is deeply disturbing, particularly because the individual now charged was a DeKalb County Police Officer at the time of the alleged crimes,” said DeKalb County Police Chief Gregory A. Padrick. “There is no way to minimize the seriousness of that fact. No badge, no rank, and no position places anyone above the law.
Tip Line
The Office of the DeKalb County District Attorney believes there could be other victims connected to Livsey. Investigators urge anyone with information about Livsey or his alleged crimes to call the DA’s Office Tip Line at 404-371-2444.