The Florida couple is behind bars for allegedly using an internet socializing application to lure the 16-year-old girl to their home, brutal torture and murder she before she torn off the remains.
The body of Miranda Corsette was discarded in the trash for days after it was reported that it disappeared on February 24, according to the Police Police Department in St. Petersburg.
Authorities state that Steven Gess, 35, used an online app to get to know Grindr to lure Corsette to his house, located approximately 20 miles southwest of TampaFebruary 14.
“After he first met him, [Corsette] went home and then the next day she returned to [Gress’] Home, “the police said.
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Miranda Corsette smiled at a undated photo shared by the Police Directorate in St. Petersburg. Corsette was allegedly killed by a man she met on a meeting application, Steven Gress and his homemade partner Michelle Brandes. (Police Directorate in St. Petersburg)
Grindr did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment.
Police believe that a teenager, who was a frequent escape, and his mother, a 11-month-old child, was in a house with Gres and his home partner, 37-year-old Michelle Brandes. Ten days after she initially met a couple, Corsette’s grandmother, her primary caregiver, reported that she was gone Gulfport police.
“[Her grandmother] She said she usually returned home, so she didn’t report that she disappeared every time he left, “said commander Mary Farrand, acting of the police chief for the City of Gulfport, at a press conference.”[Corsette] He simply did not return this time in a timely manner. “
On February 20, Corsette, Gross and Brandes quarreled because of the missing ring, which the couple believed had stolen Corsette, police reported.
Steven Gress is charged with the first instance of the alleged murder and disassembly of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette in St. Petersburg, Florida, the first instance of the alleged murder and disassembly of Miranda Corsette. (Police Directorate in St. Petersburg)
Gross and Brandes were reportedly tortured by Corsette over several days, eventually suffocating by pushing a billiard ball into her mouth and wrapping her face with a plastic wrapper, according to the court documents received by Fox News Digital.
“From the age of 20 to 24, she was beaten and tortured because they could not find this piece of jewelry,” said Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway.
Authorities believe that Corsette was killed between February 20th and February 24th.
After Corsett’s murder, the authorities say Gross transported her body to the house owned by Mother Brandes at a nearby Larga, Florida. The evidence found in the house showed that Corsette’s body was divorced before Gross drove the remains in Hillsborough district and put them in the trash, police said.
March 6, the witness addressed the police to report a possible abduction and murder that included a teenager, according to the authorities.
Michelle Brandes moved to the police in St. Petersburg and was charged with first-degree murder of the alleged murder of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette. (Police Directorate in St. Petersburg)
“Detectives have found garbage and work to find the body,” police said in a statement in St. Petersburg.
Representative of the Police Directorate in St. Petersburg confirmed for Fox News Digital that the Corsette murder investigation remains ongoing.
Gross was already in police detention for a misdemeanor of weapons and drugs when police accused him of first -degree murder and March 7th. The next day, Brandes surrendered to the police and then accused of first -degree murder.
“This is a classic case of a vulnerable young lady who most likely sought attention to the network,” said Patrick McCall, a security expert at McCall Risk Group, for Fox News Digital. “That attention came from a man who easily captured her and who told her the right things, and she fell into his trap.”
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Gross ‘and Brandes’ did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
“This is a terrible crime,” Holloway said. “We want to ensure that we bring Miranda to justice. I want to say that we want to consider all responsible parties responsible.”
Corsette’s murder comes because predators still use Internet meets apps in order to lure the victims of their death.
In July 2024, A man was arrested in Pennsylvania, After allegedly using Grindr to meet a 14-year-old transgender teenager. Dashaww Watkins, 29, is currently facing killing charges after breaking the remains of Pauly Likens found on the Shenango River Lake River in Clark Borouthh, Pennsylvania.
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Earlier this year, The Virginia man was declared guilty Using apps to kill two women in 2021. Anthony Robinson awaits a sentence for killing Beth Redmon and Tonita Smith, after the jury condemned him that he killed both women and threw his body into a nearby wooded area.
Personal security experts are warrior parents In order to pay attention to the use of your children’s social media and look for signs of warnings that could indicate to talk to foreigners online.
“Many times the teenagers are prey for people who will portray themselves as someone of their age or express similarities to them to gain their trust,” McCall said. “[Some signs include] Being secretly with the phone, taking phone calls outside, hiding the phone, talking about a new friend or sudden interest in something that would not usually be interested in what might relate to the person they talk to. There is usually a story or signs that the child will slip in a conversation or behavior that deviates from their usual routine. “
