THE BODY of a 28-year-old man who went lacking after ‘getting in automotive with girlfriend’ was present in a shallow grave as she’s taken into custody.
Police deemed the sufferer’s girlfriend a “prime suspect” as they seek for one other one that could also be linked to the homicide.
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“We have a murder,” Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright advised WYFF. “This is not just a missing person anymore.”
South Carolina officers mentioned they recognized Devantae Griffin’s stays after discovering the physique on Tuesday.
Officers dominated the dying a murder upon discovering the physique.
“He didn’t deserve this,” Devantae Griffin’s mom Felicia Griffin advised WYFF.
“He would not hurt anybody. He would give you the shirt off his back. He would not hurt anybody, and for somebody to do this to him, it just makes me angry.”
Jessica Strachan, Griffin’s on-and-off-again girlfriend, was recognized as an individual of curiosity and brought into custody after Griffin was final seen “getting in the car” with Strachan.
Strachan had beforehand been arrested for giving police false data after Griffin went lacking.
Officers additionally recognized Tarus Dorail Criminal, 33, of Spartanburg, as an individual of curiosity in Devantae Griffin’s dying.
“I don’t think this was happenstance,” Wright said. “I think, after this murder took place, there was some collaboration with someone else and that’s where he was found, in the shallow grave.”
“They just treated him as if he was nothing,” Felicia Griffin said. “As if he was just trash.”
Devantae Griffin, 28, was reported lacking on March 30.
Griffin’s cousin Consana Ferguson mentioned he was final seen with Strachan shortly after midnight on March 29.
Ferguson mentioned “when he didn’t pick up the phone for me Tuesday morning, I knew something was wrong.”
She known as Devantae’s brother and requested who Devantae was with, and the brother reportedly mentioned “Jessica picked him up,” based on a video interview with WYFF.
Investigators mentioned they spoke with Strachan the day after Griffin was formally reported lacking, March 31.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned they ultimately discovered that Strachan gave them deceptive data after this dialog, and she or he then grew to become an individual of curiosity.
Investigators mentioned they requested her to return again in for an additional interview, however she left for Florida with out notifying officers.
They obtained a search warrant and entered her residence that day.
The next day, the sheriff’s workplace obtained an arrest warrant for obstruction of justice, and she or he was reportedly arrested in Miami, Florida.
Household advised the outlet that the pair have a risky historical past.
Griffin’s aunt, Beverly Griffin claimed the household has heard Strachan threaten Devantae earlier than in what she describes as a “toxic relationship.”
Officers say it’s unclear what relationship Devantae Griffin had with Criminal, however they consider the 2 knew one another effectively.
Anybody with details about Criminal or his involvement within the crime is requested to name investigator Megan Bennett at 864-503-4608 or mbennett@spartanburgcounty.org.
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