Man wanted for allegedly killing missing Atlanta woman in 2022 arrested while riding jet ski

ATLANTA (TCD) — Law enforcement has apprehended a 31-year-old man wanted for allegedly killing a missing 24-year-old woman and disposing of her body in 2022.

According to WAGA-TV, on Saturday, June 1, officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources attempted to arrest Steven Oboite while he was riding a jet ski on Lake Allatoona because he violated a rule regarding the wakes. Oboite allegedly drove to the shore, got off the jet ski and fled into the woods, where he was caught a short time later.

Reporter Cody Alcorn posted video of Oboite being chased across the lake and caught.

He was booked into the Bartow County Jail on charges including giving a false name, address or birthday to a law enforcement officer and operating a watercraft while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Atlanta police had been searching for Oboite for two years as a suspect in the disappearance and presumed death of Allahnia Lenoir.

Lenoir was last seen early in the morning of July 31, 2022, at the Peachtree Apartments in Midtown Atlanta, and she was reported missing the next day. Police began investigating her disappearance and learned that Lenoir was at the apartment with Oboite and another suspect, Diante Reynolds.

Atlanta Police Maj. Peter Malecki said during a September 20, 2022 press conference that investigators determined foul play was involved and that Lenoir “did not leave the apartment his own head.” According to Malecki, Lenoir was likely killed in the apartment and then “potentially transferred to an undetermined location.”

Reynolds was arrested on September 9, 2022 and booked into the Fulton County Jail on several charges, including murder and concealing the death of another. Malecki said during the news conference that investigators were still looking for Oboite, even though he was likely in the metro Atlanta area.

Fulton County court records show Oboite was charged in December 2022 with two counts of murder, distribution of a Schedule II controlled substance, hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal, concealing the death of another and tampering with evidence.

Lenoir’s body has still not been found.

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