AbateHate.com — Tiffany "Tif" Irene Ferris, age 35, was beaten and drowned in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Arrested was Terry Smith Jr., 34.
Reports say Ferris was killed at a hotel. Apparently the victim was suspected of taking Smith's narcotics without his permission.
The incident occurred May 9, 2021.
Excerpted from journalgazette.net ▼
A man accused of killing a 35-year-old Decatur woman by beating and drowning her at a hotel on Fort Wayne's northwest side told an accomplice he was upset because she had stolen and used his narcotics, court records said.
Terry Smith Jr., 34, whose last address was in Bluffton, was charged Friday with murder in the death of Tiffany I. Ferris, 34, who investigators believe was killed after 9 p.m. Sunday.
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Smith was also charged with armed robbery and criminal confinement in a subsequent incident at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Hawthorn Suites in the 4900 block of Lima Road, court documents said.
According to a probable cause affidavit written by homicide Detective Matthew Cline, a woman and man were with Smith when he killed Ferris in a room at Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, 3320 Coliseum Blvd. W. The room was used for storage and accessed by an outdoor window. The unidentified woman told Cline she was ordered by Smith to help tape Ferris' arms and legs after he repeatedly hit her on the head, stood on her neck and kicked her.
[Suspect charged with murder in hotel death, by Jamie Duffey, The Journal Gazette, May 28, 2021]
Image: Tiffany "Tif" Irene Ferris
https://everloved.com/life-of/tiffany-ferris/
Image: Terry Smith Jr.
https://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/20210515/suspect-charged-with-murder-in-hotel-death
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