PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) – Jealously appeared to be behind the abduction and slaying of a Georgia woman whose body was dumped in Alabama, authorities said Tuesday.
Tameka Skinner, 39, of Columbus, Georgia, was shot early Monday and her body was left in Seale, Alabama, Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said.
Skinner was abducted around 1 a.m. Monday from a Columbus apartment complex where four suspects – three men and a woman – attacked her and her boyfriend, according to the sheriff.
Taylor said among the suspects was Demetria Johnson, 30, who had a previous relationship with Skinner’s boyfriend, The Ledger-Enquirer reported.
“At this point in the investigation, the motive appears to be jealousy,” Taylor said in a statement, adding that Johnson had children with Skinner’s boyfriend. “Demetria recruited the other three men to help her with the kidnapping and killing of Tameka Skinner, to get her out of the way.”