T wo of four suspects have been arrested in Maryland on charges of murder after police claimed the two women murdered a man, hacking off his thumb to access his bank account. Fasil Teklemariam, a year-old father of two, was brutally murdered after two women and two men broke into his Washington, D. Tiffany Taylor Gray, 22, and Audrey Denise Miller, 19, were taken into police custody as authorities continue to investigate. Teklemariam was found on April 5 in his Peabody Street home with stab wounds, multiple blunt-force fractures to his head, and missing his right thumb.
A witness alleged that Gray was a sex worker and Teklemariam was her "sugar daddy" but such claims have not been confirmed by police. The same witness says they Gray used Teklemariams severed thumb to access a banking app on his phone, which was stolen from the scene, to purchase booze and drugs. Police added that cleaning agents were used to attempt to cover some of the evidence.
His body was also found surrounded by glass. Few details about the actual state the body was found in are known. Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sports, and entertainment stories. His family responded through a GoFundMe , set up to pay for the funeral expenses, which include shipping his body back to Ethiopia. Anyone who knows Fasil is sure that he was a caring son, father, husband, brother, uncle, and friend," they wrote.
Authorities say that Gray and Miller are among four suspects, the other two being men, who are currently under investigation for the murder. Footage from the building shows all four suspects entering Teklemariam's apartment with a key fob. They were "removing items" from the property in the days leading up to the discovery of his demise. Miller was taken into custody on June 21 and charged with armed first-degree murder in relation to the homicide, as per the statements made by MPD.
Awaiting her preliminary hearing, she currently remains in custody. However, investigators do know that Gray and Teklemariam were linked before. The complaint mentioned that both Gray and Teklemariam had met at his apartment on Oct. The investigation revealed that Teklemariam's cell phone was last pinged from a tower in College Park, Maryland, near where Gray had an apartment. According to court documents, he was seen meeting Miller outside his apartment and then re-entering with her.
