GBI and Coffee County Sheriff's Office arrest Douglas woman in murder-for-hire investigation – Douglas Now

On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the GBI arrested Brandi Steverson, 48, of Douglas, GA, for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, the GBI was requested by the Coffee County Sheriff's Office after a concerned citizen reported that Steverson had asked her to hire a hitman to kill her husband. Agents began an investigation that ended with Steverson making an initial payment to an undercover GBI agent with a promise to pay more once her husband was killed. Steverson was then arrested and booked into the Coffee County Jail.

The Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office and Fitzgerald Police Department assisted the GBI and Coffee County Sheriff's Office in this investigation.

This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas at (912) 389-4103 or the Coffee County Sheriff's Office at (912) 384-4227. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by phone at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at or by downloading the “See Something, Send Something” mobile app.

Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be turned over to the Waycross Judicial Circuit Attorney's Office for prosecution.