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A Georgia man has been arrested on accusations he killed the mother of his child and burned her remains after she learned he had secretly married another woman, say authorities.
During their investigation into the disappearance and death of Briana Winston, 23, of College Park, Ga., Clayton County Police unearthed alleged “intricate details that not even we were expecting to hear,” Lt. Ashanti Marbury said at a press conference Monday.
Winston was reported missing at the beginning of April when her worried family hadn't been able to reach her since mid-March, according to police.
Her family became further concerned when they allegedly discovered that her apartment had been "completely cleaned out by the father of her child and live-in boyfriend, Michale Edwards," Clayton County Police said in a statement on April 26.
Detectives learned that on the morning of March 17, Edwards went to the apartment, where “she confronted him after learning about his infidelity to her,” Marbury alleged on Monday. They argued, and police allege “he choked her,” Marbury said.
Edwards placed Winston's body into a suitcase and drove to the unidentified man’s house in Gates, where they put her body into a burn barrel, doused it with accelerant and set it on fire, police allege.