A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of a woman he met on a dating app. People informed of.
According to reports, Fabiola Thomas, 39, was found in the bathtub of her apartment in Roswell, Georgia by her roommate in June 2019. WSB-TV, 11 live, And Fox 5 Atlanta,
As reported, Antonio Wilson, who was 38 at the time, was arrested months later and charged with her murder. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 11 alive, citing Roswell police.
According to Fox 5 Atlanta and 11Alive, the investigation began on June 8, 2019, when police received a panicked call from Ms. Thomas’ roommate, who said she found her in the bathtub and feared “something bad had happened to her.”
According to Fox 5 Atlanta, police found Ms Thomas unconscious at the scene and she was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Several months later, a medical examiner ruled her death a homicide, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
During the investigation, authorities learned that Ms Thomas and Wilson had met on a dating app shortly before the murder, as WSB-TV reported.
“Ms. Thomas did everything you could think you should do,” Assistant District Attorney Abigail Potter told WSB-TV. “She told her friends where she was going. She only met him in public places.”
According to WSB-TV, prosecutors said that when Ms Thomas expressed her desire to end the relationship, Wilson could not tolerate the rejection.
In a text message sent before his death, Thomas told Wilson to stop claiming him, authorities said.
“Keep your ring, I’m not your woman, never was, stop claiming me, because I never claimed you,” Ms Thomas wrote in one message, according to WSB-TV, citing prosecutors.
Senior Assistant District Attorney Nalda Charles told the outlet that she had “unfriended” Wilson the day he died. It’s still unclear which dating app they were using to communicate.
Wilson was arrested on October 25, 2019, when Ms. Thomas’ death was ruled a homicide. Five years later, after his trial, it took a jury just 30 minutes to convict him, according to WSB-TV.
On Tuesday, July 23, a judge sentenced Wilson to life in prison without the possibility of parole for malice murder, as WSB-TV reported from the Fulton County courthouse.
