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Two women have been charged with murdering and dismembering a man in Washington, D.C., in April, with one of them then using his severed thumb to steal money from his bank account to splurge on Uber rides, marijuana and booze, court documents and police reveal.
Tiffany Taylor Gray, 22, was arrested in Maryland earlier this month on a warrant for first-degree murder while armed for the slaying of 53-year-old Fasil Teklemariam, who was found dead inside his Washington, D.C., apartment on April 5, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said.
One witness said that Gray worked as a sex worker and that Gray described Teklemariam as her “sugar daddy,” although those claims have not been verified by police, an MPD spokesperson tells Fox News Digital.
Teklemariam, a married father of two, according to a GoFundMe page, was found inside his Peabody Street home with stab wounds, multiple blunt-force fractures to his head and missing his right thumb.
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Tiffany Taylor Gray, left, and Audrey Denise Miller have been arrested on murder charges in the death of 53-year-old Fasil Teklemariam. (Superior Court of the District of Columbia)
Broken glass was also found about his body and on his bed while forensic detectives determined that cleaning agents had been used to hide some evidence at the scene, according to an arrest affidavit. The exact details surrounding his death have not been revealed.
A witness told police that Teklemariam’s thumb was used to gain access to a finance app on his cellphone — which was stolen from the scene — in order to buy liquor and drugs. Teklemariam’s thumb and cell phone have yet to be recovered.
Police say that Gray is one of four suspects — two women and two men — being investigated in relation to the slaying. All four suspects were seen on surveillance footage entering Teklemariam’s apartment using a key fob and removing items from it in the days before police found him dead. Investigators believe Teklemariam was killed on April 1.
One of those suspects, Audrey Denise Miller, 19, of no fixed address, was arrested on June 21 and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the killing, the MPD said. She is in custody awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Surveillance video shows Miller with Teklemariam before his death, the charging documents say.
Fasil Teklemariam was found dead inside his Washington, D.C., apartment on April 5, The Metropolitan Police Department said. (The Metropolitan Police Department )
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An anonymous witness told police that Gray and Teklemariam knew each other and that Gray referred to him as her “sugar daddy” and that she was involved in prostitution.
The witness told police that they had observed Gray using Teklemariam’s severed thumb to steal money from his account.
Investigators say they got a break in the case when they learned of a complaint Teklemariam filed with police claiming Gray had taken his phone and used it to steal $1,800 from his finance app last year, per the affidavit. The two had met at his apartment on Oct. 1 to hang out but the following morning he noticed she had left and that his cell phone was missing with charges made to his Cash App account.
Audrey Denise Miller is seen walking into the apartment building. (Superior Court of the District of Columbia)
They also discovered that Teklemariam’s cellphone last pinged from a tower in College Park, Maryland, close to where Gray rented an apartment.
Teklemariam was last seen alive on the evening of April 1, when CCTV footage captures him going to meet Miller outside his apartment and then going back inside with her, according to court documents.
He left about 20 minutes later and returned shortly after with three cans of Coca-Cola, according to court records. Gray, Miller and one of the male suspects were observed leaving the apartment building later on April 1.
Police in Maryland were able to zone in on Taylor after a man reported being robbed at gunpoint by two suspects at her apartment. The man said he connected with Taylor via a dating app and arranged to meet her at her apartment. When he got there, the two men jumped out of the bathroom and pulled a gun on him before robbing him.
He was forced to reveal his banking pin codes and his home was also burglarized. Investigators say that Gray has repeatedly met men online and stole from them.
A black Dodge Durango being used by the two suspects and Taylor was also observed outside Teklemariam’s apartment building in April.
Tiffany Taylor Gray was seen entering Fasil Teklemariam’s apartment building on April 1 with another suspect. (Superior Court of the District of Columbia)
The vehicle ended up being confiscated by police at a traffic stop, and a shoe and a jacket inside the vehicle matched that being worn by one of the suspects seen leaving Teklemariam’s apartment building on April 3, per the documents. The driver identified himself as Tommy Whack, and he is being charged in Maryland with unspecified crimes.
Gray was also charged with armed robbery and armed kidnapping in the Maryland case.
She is awaiting extradition to Washington, D.C., in relation to Teklemariam’s death.
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NEWARK, New Jersey — A United Airlines flight headed to Newark, New Jersey returned to the Los Angeles airport Monday about 40 minutes after taking off for an emergency evacuation after a reported fire, authorities said.
All flights at the LAX International Airport were ordered to remain on the ground for about half an hour during the flight’s return and evacuation, according to advisories from the Federal Aviation Administration. No injuries were reported.
The flight, which was en route to Newark Liberty International Airport returned to LAX to address an issue with one of the engines, the airline said in a statement. There was no mention of a fire, but the LA Fire Department said it responded and there was a fire that was contained as of an hour after the plane’s landing.
The flight took off at 10:43 a.m., began to turn around at about 11 a.m. and landed again at 11:19 a.m., according to flight tracker FlightAware.
The LA Fire Department said they assisted with the evacuation of more than 250 passengers and crew. Passengers exited the plane on the taxiway using slides and stairs and were taken to the terminal, the airline said.
The airplane was a Boeing 787-9, a variant of the popular line of 787 Dreamliner long-haul aircraft.
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A Rhode Island husband and wife in their 50s were identified as the two people killed in a Swansea car crash Friday night.
Carlolyn Carcasi, 54, and James Carcasi, 53, of Bristol, Rhode Island, were killed in the Feb. 27 crash, the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn said in a press release Monday.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Route 136 and Route 6 in Swansea, Quinn’s office said.
Police in Cranston, Rhode Island identified the driver who allegedly hit the couple as Demitri Sousa, 28. Sousa allegedly shot and killed a man in Rhode Island nearly four hours before the crash, Cranston police said.
At around 12:18 a.m. Friday, Swansea police spotted Sousa’s Infiniti barreling down Route 6, Swansea officials said previously.
The couple was driving southbound on Route 136 when the Sousa crashed into the side of a Subaru Ascent. Both cars had “catastrophic damage,” and the Subaru was engulfed in flames, Swansea fire and police officials said.
Both occupants of the Subaru were declared dead at the scene, Swansea officials said.
Sousa was transported to a local hospital, where he is being treated for serious injuries. He is expected to live and will be held in Cranston police custody until he is medically cleared, police said Sunday.
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