An active-duty Marine was lately arrested after Google searches led Florida investigators to suspect he murdered a actuality TV star and dumped her physique in an Alabama pond.
Willie Ellington, 20, who was stationed onboard the Naval Air Station Pensacola, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with first-degree homicide and possession of kid pornography, in keeping with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Tshey Ronaie Bennett, 26, who was final seen assembly Ellington on the Candy Dream Inn, was reported lacking Saturday, in keeping with the sheriff’s workplace.
Authorities recognized Bennett as an “escort,” however didn’t elaborate on the aim of the meet-up.
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U.S. Marine Willie Ellington is dealing with first-degree homicide and possession of kid pornography costs. (Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace Alabama)
Bennett appeared on the primary season of HollyHoodTV’s sequence “Skrippa Bootcamp,” which premiered earlier this yr, in keeping with her Fb biography.
The present centered round a dozen “aspiring and elite dancers” dwelling collectively whereas working to good their craft, in keeping with the present’s web site.
As a result of “suspicious circumstances” surrounding her disappearance, investigators labored the case as a possible murder, authorities mentioned.
Tshey Ronaie Bennett was reported lacking Saturday, and her physique was discovered Wednesday. (Escambia County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Bennett’s automobile and cellphone remained on the inn, however the bedding was lacking, in keeping with a report from Army.com.
Her physique was discovered Wednesday inside a pond in an deserted neighborhood in Cell, Alabama, in keeping with the sheriff’s workplace.
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The report famous Ellington tried to skip city through bus and had Google searches on his cellphone “pertaining to ‘can someone scream when they’re strangled? What is the statistic of prostitutes homicides being solved …’ and ‘How does a dead body look in two days?'”
The sheriff’s workplace has not publicly commented on Bennett’s explanation for loss of life, as of Thursday afternoon.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Workplace for remark, however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
The Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. (U.S. Navy)
The District One Medical Examiner’s Workplace has not launched Bennett’s explanation for loss of life, as of Friday afternoon.
Certainly one of Bennett’s associates, Muranda Newson, posted to Fb, noting Bennett was a mom.
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“I hate that I’m typing this,” Newson wrote partly. “I hate that handsome boy is hurting. I really really hate someone did this to you baby you didn’t deserve this at all.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to HollyHood TV on Friday for remark.
