A
little girl of 13 has been brutally killed by a criminal gang who came
to revenge after her relative was involved in a drug deal.
Shavon Le'Feye Randle killed in what police believe was retaliation for a drug theft. (TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY)
A Texas girl reported missing last week was found dead, in what
police believe was retaliation for a drug theft involving one of her
relatives.
The body of 13-year-old Shavon Le'Feye Randle of Lancaster was
discovered Sunday at a house in East Oak Cliff. She was reported missing
Wednesday after she vanished from her home.
Also found dead inside the residence was 19-year-old Michael Titus,
who had been named as a person of interest in the teen's disappearance.
An arrest warrant affidavit stated that Shavon's kidnapping stemmed
from the boyfriend of one of her relatives stealing drugs from two men,
Dallas Morning News reported.
Two days before the girl was snatched from her home, Ledoris
Randle's boyfriend, Kendall Perkins, stole a large quantity of drugs
from Darius Fields and Devontae Owens, authorities said. Perkins was
arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated robbery.
The day of Shavon's disappearance, Randle received a call from a
man who said the teen was being held against her will. The caller
demanded the stolen drugs be returned and threatened to kill Shavon if
Randle alerted authorities, it stated in the affidavit.
According to the affidavit, a man later identified as Owens told an
FBI informant of his plan to kidnap a teen to get the drugs back.
Cellphone analysis also placed Owens near Shavon's home shortly before
she went missing. Authorities named Fields, Owens, Titus and a fourth
suspect, Laporshya Polley, as persons of interest.
(Clockwise from top left): Laporshya Polley, Devontae Owens, Darius Fields, Michael Titus
were said to be persons of interest in a teen girl’s kidnapping. (HANDOUT)
Fields and Polley were arrested Thursday at a Best Western hotel in
Irving. Fields, who has a previous conviction, was charged with drug
possession and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Polley, who was attempting to flush marijuana down the toilet when
the hotel room was raided, was charged with tampering with evidence and
drug possession.
Owens was arrested Saturday, along with Laquon Wilkerson. Owens
faces an aggravated kidnapping charge, and Wilkerson was charged with
aggravated kidnapping for ransom.
No one has been charged in Shavon's death.
"We didn't have the positive result we were looking for, but
being able to let Shavon's family know that we've located her was our
goal," FBI Dallas special agent Eric Jackson told Dallas News.
-nydailynews
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