A former MMA fighter is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 17 times after which stuffing her body in his closet after an argument outside the lady’s Tennessee home.
Dwayne Herelle Jr., 28, has been charged with murder after he allegedly knifed Irene Torres, 24, outside the house she shared along with her parents within the early morning hours of Jan. 29, in line with her sister and native reports.
Herelle was reportedly waiting for Torres to return home from her shift at work after which “snuck up from behind and ambushed her,” the victim’s older sister Reyna Douglas wrote in a GoFundMe page for Torres.
“She was dragged and stabbed repeatedly in front of her parent’s home,” she wrote.
On Wednesday, investigators revealed that Torres had been stabbed “in the surplus of 17 times” during a packed court hearing, WKRN reported.
Herelle then dragged Torres’ body into the trunk of his automobile and drove to his home, where he stuffed her stays right into a storage bin and stashed the bin in his closet, police said.
Metro Nashville Police Department Detective Derry Baltimore said in court that the pair got into an argument before the attack, in line with the local outlet.
Herelle also dumped bloody pants and a handbag that belonged to Torres in a dumpster behind a food market, Baltimore said.
Torres’ parents reviewed the surveillance footage outside their home after they realized their daughter never got here home and reportedly saw Herelle dragging her out of the camera frame, police said.
Torres’ father confronted his daughter’s ex who initially told him that she was a hotel before allegedly confessing to the murder and telling him that her body was in his closet.
Torres had broken up with Herelle a month before she was killed, in line with her sister who said the connection was abusive each physically and emotionally.
“While most 24-year-olds are planning their careers, and futures, and are optimistic in regards to the world, Irene spent a few of the last months of her young life abused, degraded, terrorized, and fearful,” Douglas wrote. “Irene showed immense bravery in leaving her abusive relationship and was so blissful to start out her latest life with the support of her family, only to be hunted down in her front yard and brutally murdered one month later.”
She called her sister’s death “a senseless tragedy,” but said her memory will survive.
“For people who were fortunate to know Irene, despite being terrorized, abused, and living in fear, she all the time had a smile on her face and a compliment to present,” Douglas said.
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