Virginia Tech freshman Isi Etute, who was arrested and charged with second-degree murder last week, told police that he beat a 40-year-old man to death after he was led on to believe that the man was a woman on a dating website.
freshman Isi Etute, who was arrested and charged with second-degree murder last week, told police that he beat a 40-year-old man to death after he was led on to believe that the man was a woman on a dating website.
On Wednesday, officials announced that Etute admitted to everything during the murder investigation. He was charged with the death of Blacksburg, Virginia man Jerry Smith, and was suspended from the university’s football team in the aftermath of the arrest.Etute explained to cops that he matched with a person named"Angie" on Tinder thinking that it was a woman. According to the police statements, Etute went to the victim’s apartment on April 10 for oral sex.
When he discovered that"Angie" was a man, Etute said that he attacked the victim, which included punching him five times in the face and he continued to punch and stomp on him when he fell to the ground.Etute said that he heard"bubbling and gurgling" as he left the apartment, but he didn't call the police.
Smith was found dead two days later with missing teeth and multiple skull fractures, according to officials. Etute’s lawyer, Jimmy Turk, defended his clients’ alleged actions in court. "Nobody deserves to die, but I don’t mind saying, don’t pretend you are something that you are not," Turk reportedly said via
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