A suspect has been arrested in connection with a body that was found in the parking lot of a Louisiana business.
The Baton Rouge Police Department said Tuesday that 35-year-old Earl Lee Johnson Jr. is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 34-year-old Janice David whose body was found inside a vehicle Monday, WAFB reported.
Police confirmed the woman’s brutal death was broadcast on Facebook Live in a gruesome nearly 15-minute feed. Police sources said David’s hands were bound to the steering wheel and that she was found naked.
Detectives said Johnson choked David, beat her and stabbed her. They added it is believed the pair had been on a three or four-day drug binge together.
Officials also said Johnson tried to set the car on fire. Investigators said the suspect was injured in a police pursuit and taken to a hospital.
According to investigators, the body was found in the parking lot of Sherwood Towers, an office building located on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard near Newcastle Avenue.
Officers responded to a call a little before 10 p.m. Monday regarding the body of a dead female.
Johnson’s rap sheet shows multiple armed robbery arrests in 2005.
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