Insets: Robert Anthony Timmons Jr. and Victoria Perez (Pasco County Sheriff’s Office). Background: Crela Drive in Spring Hill, Florida, where cops found Victoria’s body after Timmons allegedly killed her (WFLA).
A 19-year-old Florida man is accused of shooting his 16-year-old girlfriend in the head during an argument in his car before he dumped her body on the side of the road.
Robert Anthony Timmons Jr. is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Victoria Perez, Pasco County Sheriff Jeff Harrington told reporters Monday at a press conference.
The investigation began as a missing person’s case.
Victoria’s family called deputies at 7 a.m. Sunday to report her missing. More than four hours later, a passerby called the sheriff’s office to report a body about 15 feet from the side of Crela Drive in Spring Hill. It was Victoria.
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Detectives quickly focused on Timmons as the suspect. Victoria’s family members described her relationship with him as “tumultuous” and “toxic,” Harrington said.
Investigators obtained video that showed Timmons’ vehicle at Victoria’s apartment, which is not far from where her body was located, according to Harrington. They tracked down the suspect and took him in for questioning.
Timmons “initially lied” to investigators, saying he had “little knowledge” of Victoria’s whereabouts, the sheriff said.
But cops determined that Timmons picked up Victoria from her apartment shortly after 1 a.m. They got into an argument that turned “ugly,” Harrington said.
“By his own admission, he said that the gun was sitting in his lap,” Harrington described. “He also said that during the course of the argument with the murdered woman, he produced the gun, and ultimately, it was a shot to the left side of her head, which killed her.”
Timmons then drove a short distance and “callously dumped the body” on the side of the road, Harrington stated.
Cops took Timmons to the Pasco County Jail, where he remains without bond. His next court date was not immediately available.
Deputies recovered Timmons’ car. The sheriff’s dive team was searching the pond where Timmons said he dumped the gun.
“We pray for the family in the memory of this young woman who was taken so callously, so viciously by this person, and we continue to do some crime scene processing,” the sheriff said.
In an interview with local CBS affiliate WTSP, her friends described her as a cheerful, joyful presence.
“She always was smiling, goofy as ever,” her friend Pe’naye Carraway said. “Like, she really didn’t deserve that. Like, she didn’t do anything to nobody, never had no issues.”
Pe’naye said she will miss her friend.
“I love her so much,” she told the outlet. “I hate that this even happened to her.”
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