US man dies while discarding body of girlfriend he fatally strangled, officials say | Alabama
An Alabama man recently died of a heart attack while trying to dispose of his girlfriend’s body after fatally strangling her, according to authorities.
At the center of the unusually gruesome case were 44-year-old Daniel Robbins and 47-year-old Jessica Folds.
Chambers County sheriff’s deputies reportedly found Robbins and Folds dead side by side in a wooded area near an abandoned vehicle in the town of Lanett on the morning of June 10.
Chambers sheriff’s office said in a statement: expression He said authorities sent the bodies to the Alabama medical examiner’s department for autopsy.
Investigators reportedly found that Robbins, who was later identified as being from Georgia, and Folds, who was said to be from Lanett, were in a relationship before her death. According to investigators, he allegedly killed her while trying to hide her body before she died.
“He died of a heart attack doing this,” local district attorney Mike Segrest said, according to the Alabama news outlet. AL.comFirst to report on findings.
“Their bodies were together there.”
Segrest said an investigation by local and state law enforcement, along with autopsy results, determined that Folds “was strangled” and “apparently” [Robbins] was trying to dispose of [her] When he died, his body was in a distant place.
The truck near the bodies of Robbins and Folds was still running and the driver’s door was open when officers arrived to find them, Segrest said.
He told AL.com that the tailgate was closed and drag marks were found in the soil of the forest where the couple was found.
Investigators suspect Robbins killed Folds as an act of domestic violence, Segrest told the press. The prosecutor added that he believed everything had happened the night before, claiming the truck was still running.
Local news outlets reported that Folds was the mother of three adult sons. An obituary stated that he “touched the lives of many with his heart of gold, deep love for everyone, and smile that lit up the world.”
Robbins’ survivors included a daughter, according to his obituary.
