Suspect sentenced to decades for Emanuel County murder

SWAINSBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Charles Justin Davis has been sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 20 years for the murder of Amber Fields, an Emanuel County nurse.A judge found Davis guilty in a non-jury verdict. In addition to murder, the court found him guilty of aggravated assault, rape and aggravated sodomy, according to the sentencing order signed Oct. 20.Malice murder: Guilty; life without parole.Felony murder: Guilty; listed as merged with the malice murder count.Aggravated assault: Guilty; 20 years to serve consecutively to the malice murder sentence.Rape and aggravated sodomy: Guilty; life without parole on each count, concurrent with the malice murder sentence.The murder happened in December 2025. Fields was found inside her home in the 600 block of North Coleman Street Extension. A family member found her inside the house after she didn’t report for work.Fields’ mother, Paula, wrote:“No sentence, no atter how long, will ever bring Amber back or take away the pain a