A man has been arrested for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman who was found dead on a Florida beach last week.
Brandon McCray, 28, was arrested in Hollywood on December 30, four days after Heather Asendorf’s body was discovered under a tarp on a local beach. Us Weekly reported that McCray was quickly identified as a person of interest as he and Asendorf, 56, knew each other.
The nature of McCray and Asendorf’s relationship was not disclosed.
Asendorf’s friend told the Sun Sentinel that she was staying at a hotel about a block from where her body was found. The friend also said that he last saw Asendorf on December 24, and that she was dancing at the Hollywood Beach Bandshell.
“She was a really sweet girl. Everybody really liked her. She did her own dance,” he said.
The news outlet reported that Asendorf was from Pennsylvania, but she was in Hollywood for a few weeks to visit friends in the area.
A week before Asendorf’s body was discovered, McCray was arrested on an outstanding warrant for disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer in 2023. He bonded out of jail the next day, according to the Sun Sentinel.
McCray is charged with sexual assault on a victim over 12 years in age, kidnapping, battery by strangulation, and simple battery. His bond was set at $770,000.
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[Feature Photo: Facebook; Broward County police]
