Murder Charge Levied Against High School Coaches, Already Accused of Negligence

By Rachel S. Silverman, MS On August 13, 2019, Imani Bell, a 16-year-old student at Elite Scholars Academy in Jonesboro, GA, died after collapsing during running drills during a basketball practice in 100-degree weather. At the time of the incident, the temperature was 98 degrees with a heat index temperature of 101 to 106. A heat advisory had been declared for Clayton Country that day. Bell was running up football stadium steps at the time of her collapse. The autopsy by the Georgia Bureau o