After meeting the target for a while on a dating software, a Georgia man was given a life sentence for the crime he committed in 2019.
Fabiola Thomas, 39, was discovered in a shower by her companion in June 2019 at her house in Roswell, Georgia, according to reports from WSB-TV, 11 Alive, and FOX 5 Atlanta. Antonio Wilson, next 38, was arrested and charged with murder decades later, as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 11 Alive, citing Roswell Police.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta and 11 Alive, Thomas ‘ companion called police on June 8th, 2019, and he claimed he found her in the shower and that” anything bad had happened.” She was unresponsive when police arrived at the scene, and the hospital after declared her dead.
Several weeks later, a medical examiner determined that her death was homicide. Authorities discovered during the research that Thomas and Wilson had first met on a dating apps shortly before the murder.
Assistant District Attorney Abigail Potter told WSB-TV in an interview that” Ms. Thomas did everything you would think you should do.” She informed her companions of her destination. She had just encounter him in public places.
When Thomas decided not to continue seeing Wilson, he could not control the dismissal, prosecutors said, as per WSB-TV. In a text message sent before her death, Thomas asked Wilson to” prevent claiming” her, according to officials.
” Keep your band, I’m not your person, never was, prevent claiming me because I always claimed u”, Thomas wrote in a word, WSB-TV reported, citing prosecutors. On the day before she was killed, she “unfriended” Wilson, senior assistant district attorney Nalda Charles said, although it was n’t clear which messaging platform they were friends on.
Wilson was arrested on October 25, 2019, the day after Thomas ‘ death was ruled a crime, per FOX 5 Atlanta. Five years later, following his test, a jury deliberated for just 30 minutes before finding him innocent, as reported by WSB-TV.
Wilson was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of a pardon for the hate death on July 23 in a Fulton County court, according to a report from WSB-TV.
