In Brevard County, Florida, law enforcement took a Fort Pierce individual into custody last Thursday following the discovery of a deceased woman last year, as per the information provided by the sheriff’s department.
In a release, deputies said that the body of 20-year-old Aniya Sheppard was discovered on Nov. 4 along Eber Road near Buddy Drive in West Melbourne.
Investigators stated that Sheppard was fatally shot, and subsequent probing indicated that she was romantically involved with a 22-year-old man named Travion Dean.
She and Dean were residing at a local motel, departing together that very morning after utilizing a rideshare service for transportation, which left them off close to Eber Road and Hollywood Boulevard, deputies included.
“Agents were able to obtain video surveillance in the area that confirmed the couple were together in the area near the time of the shooting,” the release reads. “Agents uncovered that Dean contacted another rideshare service shortly after the shooting, which picked him up on Minton Road and drove him back to the motel alone.”
In addition, deputies said they’d found video surveillance of Dean leaving the motel while carrying Sheppard’s personal property.
As a result, Dean was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday after returning to the U.S. from Jamaica, according to investigators.
Dean now faces a charge of first-degree premeditated murder, and he is held at the Brevard County Jail without bond.
Anyone with additional information about this case is urged to contact the sheriff’s office at (321) 633-8413.
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