AND Capitol Heights, Marylandman has been arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend and then tried to hide her body in a “makeshift grave” inside his home, according to police.
The Prince George Police Department said in a news release that 30-year-old Devontae Gray has been charged with first-degree murder and other related charges in the death of 29-year-old Alexis Schuler of Washington, DC
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department contacted police in Prince George’s County on Jan. 18 for assistance in a missing persons case involving Schuler, who was reported missing earlier this week.
On Saturday, the Prince George’s Police Department executed a search warrant at Gray’s home as part of the investigation.
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Devontae Gray of Capitol Heights, Md., has been charged with murder after his girlfriend’s body was found in a makeshift grave he allegedly made at his residence, according to police. (Prince George’s County Police)
While inside Gray’s home, police said, investigators found what are believed to be Schuler’s remains, after Gray went to “great lengths” to hide her body.
Gray was arrested at the scene and allegedly confessed to killing Schuler, police said.
On Tuesday, police said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that Schuler had been shot.
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A Maryland man allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend before hiding her body in a “makeshift grave” in his home, according to Prince George’s County police. (Getty Images)
FOX 5 DC have obtained charging documents in the case, which say Gray was seen on surveillance video walking in and out of his home with construction materials while wearing a construction suit with gloves between January 12 and 13.
Materials seen in the video appear to include cement, sheet rock, cinder blocks, plastic bags and large black storage containers.
When authorities conducted a welfare check at Gray’s residence on Jan. 14, they reported a “strange” odor upon entering the home, but believed the dirty conditions in the apartment were to blame.
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A Maryland man is accused of killing his girlfriend and hiding her body in a makeshift grave in his home. (iStock)
Charging documents also state that when investigators returned to the home on Jan. 19 to conduct a search, they found a semi-automatic handgun inside, along with fresh drywall, acetone, citric ammonia and other cleaning and construction items at the residence. .
With the help of members of the Prince George’s County Fire Department, the drywall was removed and a “makeshift grave” was discovered under the stairs, according to charging documents.
A bucket in the area was opened and inside was a human leg believed to belong to Schuler, police said.
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Gray was charged with first degree murder and other related charges and remains in custody.
