Alexis Crawford, the 21-year-old Clark Atlanta University student who went missing from her off-campus apartment more than a week ago, was found dead Friday in an Atlanta area park, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields told reporters.
According to police, the suspects are Crawford’s roommate, 21-year-old Jordyn Jones, and the roommate’s boyfriend, Barron Brantley, 21.
One of the suspects led police to the body, the chief said.
A medical examiner determined that she died from asphyxiation.
The suspects are being held at the Fulton County Jail.
Fulton County Jail records showed that Brantley also faces charges of hindering a person making an emergency telephone call and three probation violations for battery, cruelty to children and theft by taking.
CNN reports that Clark Atlanta President George French Jr. sent a letter to the university family expressing his condolences.
“Our deepest prayers and thoughts are with her family,” French wrote. “Tonight we mourn together.”
He said the university would provide extra counselors.
Her family is devastated and heartbroken, said Rev. Markel Hutchins, who is advising the Crawfords.
The family is thankful for the support from the local community as well as from people all over the country, he said.
Hutchins asked for people to pray for the family.
Our hearts go out to Alexis Crawford’s family and friends. May her beautiful soul rest in peace.
