Trial Set For Armuchee Man Accused Of Killing His Grandmother

A trial date in January 2025 is set for an Armuchee man accused of killing his 82-year-old grandmother in late 2021 and keeping her body stored in a freezer until it was discovered by Floyd County police.

Floyd County Superior Court Judge William “Billy” Sparks has specially set the trial for 31-year-old Robert Keith Tincher III for Jan. 27, 2025. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for Dec. 2 at 9 a.m.

The trial has been delayed pending a court ordered mental evaluation.

Tincher is accused of forcing his grandmother, Doris Cumming, alive into plastic bags. He then dragged her through the residence and placed her in a large freezer, breaking several of her bones.

Police say Tincher kept Cumming’s body in a freezer in her home for a time and then moved the freezer to a nearby storage unit. Approximately four months later, that freezer was discovered by Floyd County Police Department investigators following up on a concern voiced by a family member.

Investigators interviewed Tincher, who said he wasn’t provoked and didn’t have an argument with his grandmother prior to forcing her into the freezer.

“He described her movement and breathing when the freezer was locked,” a FCPD investigator wrote in the initial incident report. According to the report, Tincher told police her back broke as he forced her into the freezer.

Police arrested Tincher in April 2022 at his Hennon Drive home on felony malice murder, concealing the death of another, aggravated battery and felony murder charges.