A man who authorities said killed his girlfriend and then dumped her body at a Catoosa County RV park has pleaded guilty to malice murder. Joseph Mays, 34, of Griffin, Ga., was sentenced by Judge Don Thompson to life in prison. Mays pled guilty to killing 36-year-old Jamie Wiley, of Michigan. The couple had only been dating a few months. They were living in Wiley’s camper at the RV park. Prosecutors said on the evening of Jan. 17, 2025, Mays shot Ms. Wiley in the head while the two were inside the camper. Mays then attempted to conceal the crime by dumping Wiley’s body near the creek alongside the Chief Richard Taylor Nature Trail in Ringgold. On the morning after the murder, members of a walking group located Ms. Wiley’s body off the trail. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation began investigating the crime. Because Mays had removed Ms. Wiley’s phone and wallet, her identity was unknown for the first 48 hours following the discovery of her body. After determining her identity through her fingerprints, GBI agents were quickly directed to Mays by Wiley’s relatives. Agents interviewed Mays, and he confessed to killing Wiley, although he claimed he had acted in self-defense. However, pr
