Social media is beginning to become something else. Why would someone want to kill somebody they met on Facebook?
A
man facing charges of raping a teenage girl two years ago murdered the
16-year-old last week so that she could not testify against him in his
upcoming sexual assault trial, said police. Davis
allegedly raped and sexually assaulted Gray in 2010 when she babysat
for his two children. In July 2011, he was charged with four counts of
sexual abuse and was released on bail the following month. On
Thursday, after Davis allegedly set up a fake Facebook profile
pretending to be a teenage boy in order to lure Gray into seeing him,
Using the fake profile, Davis sent the schoolgirl messages saying they
had mutual friends and that he had a crush on her. He told her he would
stop by her school to say hello on Thursday... continue reading
Sherry Ramsey, a close friend of the victim’s family, told The Dallas Morning News.
Davis met up with the schoolgirl, drove her to a remote park and killed her, police said.
Franklin Davis, 30, of
Irving, Texas, confessed to shooting dead Shania Gray after he was
arrested on unrelated driving offenses on Friday and police began
questioning him about the girl's death.
Around 4pm Thursday, after finishing her
second day at a new high school, the 16-year-old believed she was
meeting up with her new Facebook friend. Instead, she was picked up by
Davis, who then drove her to the secluded Campion Trails Park in Irving,
fatally shot her and dumped her body in a nearby river, according to
police.
It is not clear what made Gray
get into Davis’ car, whether she was held at gunpoint or if Davis was
wearing a disguise, said Ramsey. Gray's family say she would not have
got into Davis' car willingly.
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The two first met when Gray babysat for Davis’ two children. Davis and
his wife were separated but he would sometimes come to the home when
Gray was babysitting, reported the Morning News.
After the teenager turned down many babysitting requests, Gray told her
grandmother that Davis had raped her. He told Gray at the time of the
assaults that he would kill her if she told anyone, Ramsay said.
The family went to the police and, in July 2011, Davis was charged with four counts of sexual assault of a child.
She was also a sports star
Gray’s family say they did not know of any contact between their
daughter and Davis since he allegedly raped and sexually assaulted her.
His trial was scheduled for October 29 and police believe that Davis
killed the 16-year-old so that she could not testify against him. A
police investigation was launched after Gray’s family reported the
schoolgirl missing on Friday morning.
On Saturday afternoon, a body was found in the Trinity River on the
border of Irving and Dallas, which was later identified as Gray’s.
Carrollton police had arrested Davis on unrelated traffic offenses on
Friday and held him in jail. They then began questioning him about
Gray’s death and say he confessed to the murder after her body was
found.
Police retrieved the weapon, a 38 Calibre pistol, from a nearby pond.
Davis was charged with capital murder on Sunday and is being held at
Dallas County Jail. Police believe that no one else was involved with
Gray's murder.
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