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A couple in Florida is behind bars because she supposedly used an online dating app to lure a 16-year-old girl home. brutal lacrifiers and murdered You before you dismember your remains.
The body of Miranda Corsette was reported in a Müllcontainer days after her dumpstainer on February 24, according to the St. Petersburg police department.
The authorities claim that Steven Gress, 35, used the online dating app Grindr to lure corset into his house 20 miles southwest of Tampaon February 14th.
“After meeting him for the first time [Corsette] went home and the next day she returned [Gress’] At home, “said the police.
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Miranda Corsette smiles on an undated photo that shared the St. Petersburg police. Corsette was allegedly murdered by a man she had met in a dating app, Steven Gress, and his domestic partner Michelle Brandes. (Police authority of St. Petersburg)
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The police believe that the teenager, who was a frequent outlier and the mother of a 11-month-old baby, was in the house with Gress and his household partner, 37-year-old Michelle Brandes. Ten days after she had initially met the couple, Corset’s grandmother, her primary caregiver. reported, she missed to the Gulfport police.
“[Her grandmother] Usually she comes home, so she didn’t report her every time she goes, “Commander Mary Farrand, acting police chief of the city of Gulfport, in a press conference.”[Corsette] I just didn’t come back in time this time. “
On February 20, Corsette, Gress and Brandes come into a dispute over a missing ring that the couple, according to the police, believed that corsets had stolen.
Steven Gress is charged with alleged murder and dismemberment by 16-year-old Miranda Corsette in St. Petersburg, Florida, due to the kidnapping and murder of the first degree. (Police authority of St. Petersburg)
Gress and Brandes have repeatedly tortured corset during several days, which ultimately suffocated by stuffing a billiard ball into her mouth and wrapping her face with plastic film, according to the court documents received by FOX News.
“It was beaten and tortured from 20 to 24.
The authorities believe that Corsette was killed between February 20 and 24.
After the murder of corettas, the authorities claim that Gress had brought her body to a house that belonged to the Brandes’ mother in the nearby Largo, Florida. In the house, the evidence showed that the body had been dismembered by Korette before Gress drove the remains to Hillsborough County and had disposed of it in a dumpster, the police said.
On March 6, a witness turned to the police to report a possible kidnapping and murder of a missing teenager.
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Michelle Brandes turned into the police of St. Petersburg and is charged with the first degree of murder for alleged killing of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette. (Police authority of St. Petersburg)
“Detectives found the garbage container and is working on finding the body,” said the St. Petersburg police in a statement.
A representative of the St. Petersburg police authority confirmed Fox News Digital that the investigation of the murder of Corset continues to last.
Gress was already in police custody for weapons and drug offenses when the police accused him of the first degree murder and the kidnapping on March 7. The next day, Brandes agreed and was then charged with the first degree murder.
“This is a classic case of a vulnerable young woman who was most likely aware of online,” Patrick McCall, a security expert at the MCCALL Risk Group, told Fox News Digital. “This attention came from a man who hunted her slightly and told her the right things, and she fell into his trap.”
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The lawyer of Gress and Brandes did not immediately answer Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
“This is a terrible crime,” said Holloway. “We want to make sure that we bring Miranda justice. I would like to say that we want to hold all responsible parties.”
Corset’s murder comes because predators continue to be used Online -Dating apps Torn victims to death.
In July 2024, A man from Pennsylvania was arrested After the supposedly used grindr to meet a 14-year-old transgender teenager. The 29 -year -old Dashawn Watkins is currently exposed to allegations of murder after there is at Shenango River Lake in Clark Borough, Pennsylvania, at Shenango River Lake.
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At the beginning of this year, A man in Virginia was found guilty The use of dating apps to kill two women in 2021. Anthony Robinson is waiting for the condemnation of the murders to Beth Redmon and Tonita Smith, after a jury had convicted him, killed both women and drop their bodies in a nearby forest area.
Experts in personal security To be a parent To keep an eye on the use of their children on social media and look for warning signs that could point out that they speak online with strangers.
“Young people are often hunted by people who present themselves as someone their age or express similarities to them to gain their trust,” said McCall. “[Some signs include] To be secret with the phone to make calls by phone, hide the phone, talk about a new friend or a sudden interest in something that you are usually not interested in relating to the person you talk to. Usually there is a story or a sign that the child slips into conversations or in a behavior that deviates from its normal routine. “
