WYOMING, Mich. – A pregnant teenager was strangled and her boyfriend
was decapitated after apparently connecting with a stranger through an
online service for a sexual encounter, police said Monday.
The
police chief in the Michigan town of Wyoming said that 18-year-old
Brooke Slocum was held captive before her death. Her body was found
Thursday in the trunk of the suspect’s car. She was eight months
pregnant.
Chief James Carmody said her boyfriend, Charles Oppenneer, 25, was
found decapitated in a park a day earlier. His head has not been found.
Emails
indicate that Slocum connected with the suspect, 31-year-old Brady
Oestrike, through an ad on the online service Craigslist and arranged a
sexual encounter in which Oppenneer would be present, according to
investigators.
Police got a search warrant for Oestrike’s home,
and he fled. He fatally shot himself after crashing his car, after which
police found Slocum’s body.
Investigators collected at least 400
items from Oestrike’s home, including firearms, ammunition and knives.
They also seized a number of electronics items and possessions from both
victims.
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