December 21, 2024
Willie Ellington has been charged with the first-degree murder of exotic dancer Tshaye Bennett.
Willie Ellington, an active-duty Marine, has been charged with the slaying of Tshei Bennett, whose body was found in a pond in an isolated area of Mobile, Alabama.The 20-year-old Marine was taken into custody on Dec. 18, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Ellington has been charged with murdering Bennett, who worked as an exotic dancer on the HollyHoodTV television series Skrippa Bootcamp. :
The sheriff’s office shared that Bennett was “working as an escort and had met the suspect at the Sweet Dream Inn at the time of his disappearance.
The murder of 26-year-old Bennett gave results NAS was arrested at the Pensacola Seaport on charges of first-degree murder and possession of child pornography in connection with his murder.
By: According to the Independent, police currently suspect that a PlayStation power cord was used to kill him, but have refrained from making an official statement pending a final autopsy report.
Jay Jones, the Lee County Sheriff, described how Ellington was eventually arrested. When the bus arrived, investigators spotted and detained a man matching the suspect’s description.”
Sheriff Chip W. Simmons told Several troubling pieces of evidence emerged during the investigation that led to Ellington’s eventual indictment. “During the course of the investigation, we executed ten general search warrants on cars, hotel rooms, and phones, and we found that prior to meeting the victim, the suspect Googled things like, ‘What kind of? is the corpse.” two days later,” “How many murders of prostitutes are unsolved?” and “If they strangle you, you can still scream.”
The suspected killer is a US Marine Corps Private First Class. After further searching his phone, investigators also found child pornography on his device, prompting him to be hit with additional charges.
Ellington was on the police radar after law enforcement received several concerned calls from members of Bennett’s family on Dec. 14. They found the door to a hotel room at the Sweet Dreams Inn, where he was believed to be staying, open. and Bennett’s car was still parked outside.There were also two cell phones left in the room, a PlayStation cable, and a stripped bed. The disturbing sight prompted authorities to continue their search for Bennett, which eventually led to the discovery of his body.
Bennett starred in the first season of the show Skrippa Bootcamp, where 12 exotic dancers lived together in an effort to “(better) fulfill their exotic performance careers”.
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