19-YEAR-OLD GIRL ASSAULTED AND KILLED BY A CALLOUS MAN WHO'S ON BAIL FOR PREVIOUSLY ATTACKING HER

Kristen Stone

Kristen Stone's naked body was found dumped in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina in late 2017 by a fisherman. 
Autopsy of the decomposing body revealed the 19-year-old was murdered in a violent manner with zip tie around her waist.

Charles Cottingham

A suspect, Charles Cottingham, has been arrested in connection to the gruesome murder. The same man who was charged in 2016 and currently on bail for allegedly attacking and sexually assaulting Ms Stone at gunpoint.

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The pair first met through a sex advert in Hoke County where Stone was offering sex in exchange for money on a site called Backpage.

Autopsy Report:

"Based on autopsy and investigative findings, as currently understood, it is my opinion that the cause of death is undetermined homicidal violence," 

"Possible causes of death include drowning, smothering, suffocation and other asphyxial means of death." - the Fayetteville Observer reports

In the previous crime against Ms Stone, investigators alleged Cottingham, 33, an army veteran was caught by patrolling police forcing Ms Stone to perform a sex act on him at gun-point inside a parked car...

Charles Cottingham and Kristen Stone crossed path again after the latter put up another sex advert offering escort services. - According to investigation.

Mr. Cottingham was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murdering Ms Stone after a CCTV footage showed the teenager leaving a motel and getting into a 2010 Nissan Maxima - the same model of car owned by Cottingham

The suspect is due back in court on March 27 - this according to WNCN


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