Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, a New Jersey man sentenced in October to 160 years in jail for the murders of three ladies, has been charged within the 2016 disappearance and dying of a 15-year-old lady, authorities introduced this week.
Wheeler-Weaver was convicted of killing of younger ladies prosecutors mentioned he met on-line and met for intercourse in 2016, earlier than he taped or tied up the ladies, sexually assaulted them and killed them.
He was related to the victims after a fourth potential sufferer was in a position to escape. One other sufferer went lacking in 2016. Her decomposed physique was present in 2019 and she or he was recognized in November as 15-year-old Mawa Doumbia of Newark, in accordance with the Bergen File.
"Following an investigation involving in depth digital proof, it was decided that on October 7, 2016, Wheeler-Weaver met the younger lady on-line and solicited her to fulfill him in individual for intercourse," the Essex County Prosecutor's Workplace mentioned in a Thursday assertion. "It's alleged that he traveled to the realm of her residence then to the homicide scene the place he strangled her to dying and left her stays hid throughout the vacant constructing."
Wheeler-Weaver, 25, was convicted of killing Sarah Butler, Robin West and Joann Brown, age 20, 19 and 33, respectively, throughout a span of 88 days in 2016, the Bergen File reported.
Butler was discovered lifeless in Eagle Rock Reservation, hidden behind rocks and leaves, whereas West, Brown and Doumbia in 2019 have been discovered lifeless in deserted buildings.
One other girl, Tiffany Taylor, escaped and later testified at his trial, in accordance with the Related Press.
Police have been in a position to arrest Wheeler-Weaver after Butler's household discovered his profile whereas going by way of Sarah Butler's social media accounts following her disappearance. They created a brand new pretend profile, and lured Wheeler-Weaver to a gathering, the place he was arrested.
Hours earlier than Butler disappeared, she texted Wheeler-Weaver: "You are not a serial killer, proper?" the Bergen File reported.
Doumbia was final seen by her household as she left their dwelling in October of 2016, and her decomposing physique was found in an deserted constructing in Might of 2019. On the time, her explanation for dying was dominated strangulation, however her physique was not recognized till final November, only a month after Wheeler-Weaver was sentenced to 160 years in jail for the opposite killings.
Thursday, he was charged together with her homicide and the Essex County Prosecutor's Workplace mentioned it has not dominated out the chance that there are further victims, and is investigating unsolved circumstances for comparable patterns, the Bergen File reported.
Wheeler-Weaver has maintained his innocence, claiming at his October sentencing that he had been framed, in accordance with AP.
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