NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A man was sentenced to 45 years in prison Friday after murdering a woman inside their shared rooming house on Peterson Street in Norfolk in 2023, according to the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
As captured by security camera footage inside the house on Dec. 28, 2023, Demetrios Bryant, 32, slammed the 54-year-old Michelle Ford-Outlaw into her closed bedroom door, knocking down the door and causing Ford-Outlaw to fall to the floor.
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Bryant yelled at Ford-Outlaw and grabbed a large, empty glass bottle while she struggled to turn over. From the ground, Ford-Ourlaw raised her arm and leg to defend herself when Bryant swung the bottle at her head. After the first swing, Bryant crouched down over to Ford-Outlaw and struck her more times with the bottle.
Bryant then got a knife, pointed at the kitchen’s security camera and stabbed Ford-Outlaw over 30 times. After stabbing Ford-Outlaw, the footage shows Bryant kneeling and biting into her body…