WEST MELBOURNE — A 22-year-old Fort Pierce man has been charged with the shooting death of his former girlfriend, whose body was found in early November lying along a road in West Melbourne
Travion Demetrius Dean was arrested last week in connection with the Nov. 4 shooting death of 20-year-old Aniya Sheppard, also of Fort Pierce. Both had been in a previous relationship that Sheppard’s family described to investigators as “toxic and violent,” including a history of the two pointing weapons at each other during past confrontations, court records show.
Dean, taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Fort Lauderdale after returning from Jamaica, was charged with first-degree premeditated murder. He is being held without bail at the Brevard County Jail Complex in Sharpes.
The case was one of 38 reported homicides to take place in Brevard County during 2024.
“As Agents went to work, they determined that Sheppard had been staying with Dean at a local hotel and were observed on surveillance video the morning of the incident, leaving together,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in a statement released following the arrest.