Jessica Kronzer jkronzer wtop. A man was stabbed and killed inside his apartment in April and the suspects cut off his thumb in order to steal money off his cellphone, according to D. Two women have been arrested and charged this month in the killing of Fasil Teklemariam, 53, who was found dead inside his apartment on Peabody Street in Northwest on April 5.
Tiffany Taylor Gray, 22, and Audrey Denise Miller, 19, are both being charged with first-degree murder while armed, according to D. An autopsy report found Teklemariam had sustained multiple blunt force fractures to his head, and a stab wound that punctured his stomach, small intestine, aorta and struck his spine. One witness told police that Gray paid for Uber, weed and alcohol by using the thumb, according to the court documents.
There, officers found a victim, later identified as Teklemariam, laying down in the bedroom, unconscious and unresponsive, according to court documents. Broken glass lay on top of his body and on the bed around him, prosecutors said. Blood was found on the bedroom floor. He had been stabbed and his right thumb was missing; court documents said it was removed either right before he died or afterward.
Based on the findings of the autopsy, investigators believe he was killed several days before police were called to the apartment. It appeared as if cleaning products were used in an attempt to hide evidence, court documents said.
Teklemariam was last seen alive April 1. Prosecutors said surveillance footage shows the man enter his apartment building with Miller. Over the next couple days, surveillance cameras captured members of the group going in and out of the apartment building where Teklemariam lived, prosecutors said. In part, Gray was linked to the homicide because of an old complaint Teklemariam made to D.
