L: Amauri Hughes; R: Tyheem V. Anderson.Photo:GoFundMe; Jackson County Detention Center
GoFundMe; Jackson County Detention Center
“What?” the relative heard a male voice say per the documents. “You scared of me?”
There was a struggle. Then the call dropped, investigators allege in the documents.
Amauri Hughes.GoFundMe
GoFundMe
The boyfriend, Tyheem V. Anderson, was arrested Tuesday and charged the following night with three criminal felony counts in connection to the young woman’s death: assault in the first degree, armed criminal action and kidnapping, according to the redacted charging documents.
In apress releaseannouncing the charges against Anderson, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said the case remains an active investigation “and other charges are being explored.”
Amauri Hughes was found shot and cut at this 6100 block of East 127 Street, Grandview, MO earlier this week.Google Maps
Google Maps
Using the chemical luminol, which creates a blue glow over cleaned up blood stains, “a large presence of blood was indicated throughout the residence to include areas on the wall, kitchen floor, a laundry room and hallway,” the detective alleged.
Investigators also found a spent .45 caliber shell casing in the home — and “a human tooth” in the laundry room, according to his probable cause statement.
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The judge considered Anderson to be a significant risk to their safety and barred him from having any contact with both. The order was set to expire this past July, and the outlet reported that it appeared to have lapsed.
The coalition further estimates that in the U.S.nearly half of all Black women, like Hughes, have been subjected to “intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence and/or intimate partner stalking in their lifetimes.” And more than half of all Black women who are murdered in the country are killed at the hands of their intimate partner, according to the coalition.
Tyheem V. Anderson.Jackson County Detention Center
Jackson County Detention Center
It was not immediately apparent if Anderson had obtained a lawyer or if he had pleaded to the charges.
In an interview with police, described in part in the charging documents, police allege he told them that he had been in a relationship with the teenager for three years and that on Sunday they got in an argument “regarding things Anderson saw on the victim’s phone.”
Anderson allegedly told police that he had confronted her about what he saw on her phone, then threw it to the ground, shattering it. Then he ordered her an Uber home.
Anderson said he had not seen her since and that he only learned she had died when one of her family members called to tell him.
In the report, the detective added of the interview: “Anderson stated the argument with the victim did not become physically violent at any point. Anderson denied killing the victim."
Per The Kansas City Star, Anderson is due in court for a bond review hearing November 27.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
