Police: Woman shot boyfriend in head, cut up body with machete

Woman disposed of boyfriends body in apartment dumpster, police say

BAYTOWN, Texas – A woman is being accused of shooting her boyfriend in the head, cutting up his body with a machete and dumping him into a dumpster, police said.

Officials said Cierra Alexis Sutton, 30, has been charged with the death of Steven Coleman.

Officials said Coleman was killed on Aug. 16 at Briarwood Village Apartments in the 1700 block of James Bowie in Baytown.

Officials said Sutton shot Coleman in the head while he was sleeping after an argument. Investigators said Sutton dismembered his body with a machete because he was too heavy to carry.

Sutton wrapped Coleman’s body parts in a sheet and put them in a dumpster at her apartment complex.

Sutton was arrested in Louisiana and is being held in Jefferson Parish Jail.



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