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Social Networking Leads to Murderous Connection, Say Cops
Tommy Reed (Phoenix Police Department)
PHOENIX, Ariz. (CBS/AP) An apparent attempt by Phoenix man Mark Woodland to find romance using an unidentified social networking site ended in tragedy, when a man he met online brutally beat and stabbed him to death in his home, then robbed him, say police.
Woodland's body was found Sunday April 25, after his roommate returned to the apartment they shared around 11 p.m., only to find it ransacked. The roommate called police who, during a search of the apartment, found Woodland's body in a downstairs bathroom, according to the Phoenix New Times.The roommate told police that Woodland texted him around 5 p.m. to say that he had met someone and planned to take him to their apartment, and wanted to be sure the roommate wasn't going to be there. The police used Woodland's phone to track Reed's user name, which they say matched the name he used to arrange the date with Woodland. Reed also matched a neighbor's description of a man he reportedly saw with Woodland around 6 p.m.
Reed, who's 19, was arrested Tuesday, April 27. He made certain admissions, which, combined with other evidence, gave police probable cause to make an arrest, Phoenix police detective James Holmes told the New Times.
Reed was booked on charges of second-degree murder and taken to the Fourth Avenue Jail in Phoenix.
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