In late July, the perpetrator of the vicious 1998 murder of 77-year-old Ann Prazniak confessed to the crime while in a Georgia state prison. Citing her newfound sobriety, a supportive prison system, a spiritual awakening and the crushing weight of carrying the secret of killing Ann Prazniak, Chalaka Young (then Chalaka Lewis) came forward to confess that she lied about Hooper and that she killed Prazniak.
“I publicly lied on you and will do all it takes to fix it so that you too may know the truth. I hurt you so bad and you can’t get back that time I stole from you but I can now tell the truth so that all will know that you truly was innocent,” said Young in a written statement on July 28, 2025.
