ALT: Woman told boyfriend to ‘finish off’ man they stabbed 10 hours earlier so she didn’t see him suffering while they robbed him: Police
A 20-year-old woman in Texas and her boyfriend of the same age have been accused of robbing and brutally killing a man who had allowed the couple to live with him in his condominium, drugging his drink and stabbing him multiple times.
Haley Barber and Leo Moore were taken into custody on Thursday and each charged with one count of capital murder by terror, threat, or other felony as well as one count of evading arrest or detention in the slaying of 53-year-old Johnny Mac Ross Jr., authorities announced.
Moore was also charged with one count of property theft valued at over $2,500.
According to a news release from the Garland Police Department, officers at about 1 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2024, responded to a report regarding a deceased individual at a residence located in the 4500 block of Chaha Road, which is about 17 miles east of Dallas.
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