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| Ty Underwood |
Police first caught a break in the case when Ty's roommate,
Kedrick Darks, told police Underwood had been dating a man named “Carlton” for
several weeks prior to her death. Police say they interviewed Champion, who
confirmed that he had been communicating via a service called “Kik” with
Underwood, who was going by “Tyra” on the service. They were able to search
Champion’s tablet computer and allegedly discovered communications between
Champion and Underwood dating back to January 19, 2015.
“After reading the text between Champion, Jr. and Underwood,
it was clear that the two have had sexual relations with each other,” one
detective wrote. The investigation revealed a series of messages between
Champion and Underwood on January 25 in which Underwood was angry with Champion
for initially agreeing to meet in person that night and then backing out.
Underwood sent a message saying she no longer wanted to see Champion, to which
he allegedly responded: "That’s how it is now, I will make it up.”
After that, there was allegedly some additional
conversation about where and how they would meet, the conversation makes it
appear they were to meet on 25th street. The investigators also obtained
surveillance video allegedly depicting Champion exiting his dorm early on the
morning of January 26 following the Kik conversation.
They say Champion met up with Ty - and when he found out
he was born a male, Champion allegedly killed him.
One of the detectives interviewed Champion’s father and
wrote “[Champion’s father] stated that Carlton Jr. was meeting [Underwood] and
thought [Underwood] was female. According to [Champion’s father], Carlton Jr.
was supposed to get some type of sexual favor from [Underwood] but realized
[Underwood] was a male.”
Additionally, investigators say Champion’s jacket worn at
the time of the murder tested positive for blood in a preliminary test that’s
too basic to determine whose blood was
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| Carlton Ray Champion Jr |
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