A 21 year
old Texas College football player, Carlton
Champion Jr. met his 24 year old girlfriend and fell quickly in love with
her. His new girlfriend was Tyrone Lee underwood who went by the name
Tyra. The couple had been chatting for several weeks on a dating mobile app and
quickly fell in love but hadn't met each other face to face.
Tyra had a feeling that Champion was cheating on her and decided to end the
relationship by text. Because Champion was so in love with Tyra, he sent a text
to her apologizing saying he would make it up to her.Champion was seen on surveillance camera leaving his College dorm at about 2 am.
Police interviewed Underwood's friends and checked her computer and found out that the last person she chatted with was Champion.
In their investigation, police interviewed Champion's father, Carlton Champion Sr., who "stated that he heard Carlton Jr. was meeting the victim and thought the victim was a female."
Officer Nathan Elliott wrote in the arrest affidavit. "According to Champion Sr., Carlton Jr. was supposed to get some type of sexual favor from the victim but realized the victim was a male."
He was promptly arrested on Thursday and charged with murder.
The campus surveillance video also showed Champion returning to his college dorm just 15 mins after he had initially left, wearing a black leather jacket. The jacket was tested and it came out positive for blood.
He is being held at
Source: KLTV
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