ADEL — A third suspect has been arrested in connection to the July 30 death of Eldorado Food Mart owner Akhtar “Oscar” Perveez, according to a GBI press release.

Caleb Day, 21, was arrested in Adel, Cook County Aug. 22 and was booked in to the Cook County Jail. He will be transported to the Tift County Jail.

This follows Alexis Naomi McCrary, 21, who turned herself in to the Tift County Jail on Aug. 20.

Nathaniel Day was previously incarcerated at the Ben Hill County Jail on an unrelated charge of armed robbery.

On August 16, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) took warrants on the following individuals for the murder of Perveez, age 55:

Caleb Day, 21, has a warrant for armed robbery and felony murder.

Nathaniel Day, 21, has been charged with armed robbery and party to the crime of felony murder.

Alexis Naomi McCrary, 21, has been charged with armed robbery and party to the crime of felony murder.

On Monday, July 30, the Tift County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI to assist in a death investigation at the Eldorado Food Mart on Highway 41 in Tift County where Perveez, store owner, was killed during a robbery. The release states a GBI Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide by gunshot wound.

Investigators followed leads obtained during this investigation that led them to Caleb Day, Nathaniel Day and McCrary.