A convicted child molester has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering a bartender he attempted to rape. Demarcus Leonard Brinkley, 29, is going to serve a life term plus five years behind bars for killing the beloved Mariam Abdulrab, 27.
Cops in Atlanta, Georgia, said that he abducted her from in front of her home the early morning of Aug. 13, 2021. This was after the victim’s shift at the Revery VR Bar in the Midtown neighborhood of the city.
Officers later that morning received a 911 call leading them to her dead body.
Demarcus Leonard Brinkley murdered Mariam Abdulrab, police said. (Mug shot of Brinkley: Georgia Department of Corrections; image of Abdulrab: WGCL)
Police reportedly caught Brinkley in Griffin, Georgia, after a high-speed chase. He is accused of fleeing when encountered by law enforcement and ultimately crashing his dark blue Chevy Equinox SUV into another vehicle. He was initially held on traffic charges, according to WXIA.
Records show Brinkley pleaded guilty back on Nov. 13 to murder, kidnapping, criminal attempt to commit rape, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The court vacated three counts of felony murder.
Before the murder, Brinkley spent several years in prison for a child molestation case, and he had to register as a sex offender. Authorities, however, failed to make him undergo a risk level assessment from the Georgia Sex Offender Registration Review Board.
The late Abdulrab’s graciousness, love, and light were recurring themes in remembrance threads which grew after news of her death sunk in.
“My daughter was the most peaceful and loving person,” her father, Khalid Abdulrab, told Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA in an Aug. 13, 2021 report. “She did not deserve this.”
“Our hearts are truly broken at the loss of a dear friend and family member,” said a statement written to Revery’s Instagram page. “Mariam brought light to every single person she came in contact with and will forever be missed. We will be closed this weekend to grieve and savor our last moments with her. Please stay safe, y’all.”
“Mariam was a living jewel,” Grant Henry — owner of Church bar, another bar where Abdulrab worked — told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “She shone.”
Read Brinkley’s plea deal, below.
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