A man who was arrested in Nashville for nearly beating his girlfriend to death is now the primary suspect in her death in Mississippi.
Bricen Rivers, 23, is the suspect in the death of the Mississippi woman on Wednesday, according to what local police officials told TV station WLOX. That woman’s family called NewsChannel 5 on Thursday morning to confirm it was their daughter. Police found her dead inside a vehicle after her family had reported her missing.
However, Rivers was recently let out on bond in Nashville in the last few days. He was charged in December with two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated stalking and witness coercion. This stemmed from an incident while he and the victim were vacationing downtown, where he got angry.
Metro police said the victim called them and told her family Rivers might kill her. The victim’s family called dispatch from out of state to relay what was happening.
While the couple was leaving downtown, they got in the car where police said Rivers began hitting the victim as he was driving and took her phone. Rivers eventually stopped the car in a parking lot where the assault continued, causing the victim to nearly lose consciousness.