Houston woman allegedly fatally strangled missing teen girlfriend during fight about STD
01/12/2024 12:06 pm PST
HOUSTON (TCD) -- Police arrested a woman this week on suspicion of strangling her teen girlfriend to death and dumping her body near a bayou.
The Houston Police Department said Harris County deputies, patrol officers, and investigators found a female body, later identified as 18-year-old Tierra Horn, at 1900 Nance St. on Friday, Jan. 5, at around 5:40 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
KRIV-TV reports an autopsy showed Horn died due to compression to the neck.
Horn's family reportedly hadn't seen or heard from her since Jan. 2, and they reported her missing on Jan. 4, a day before police made the discovery.
Court records reviewed by KPRC-TV allege Horn and her girlfriend, Shania Turner, got into a fight. Turner believed Horn gave her a sexually transmitted disease, and then she allegedly strangled Horn and dumped her remains on the Buffalo Bayou Trail, where the body was found.
Police arrested Turner on Thursday, Jan. 11, and booked her into the Harris County Jail on a charge of murder.
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