Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 2:34:51 GMT -6
MONROE, La. -- He's known as a suspect in the burning death of northern Mississippi teenager Jessica Chambers but on Monday, Quinton Tellis goes on trial on charges connected to a woman's death in Louisiana.
Tellis faces trial in Monroe for unauthorized use of an access card, using a debit card belonging to Meing-Chen Hsiao. The former Taiwanese exchange student was found stabbed to death in her apartment in August. The 27-year-old Tellis is also charged with one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Although Monroe police have identified Tellis as a suspect in Hsiao's death, he's never been charged with killing the 34-year-old. Tellis was living in Monroe with his new wife when he was arrested in August. Monroe police said Tellis and Hsiao, a University of Louisiana at Monroe graduate, knew each other.
Tellis could get a life sentence without parole as a habitual offender in Louisiana because of previous felony convictions in Mississippi. Tellis was twice convicted of burglary in Panola County, Mississippi, and once for fleeing police. He was released from prison in October 2014, two months before Chambers' killing.
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Tellis faces trial in Monroe for unauthorized use of an access card, using a debit card belonging to Meing-Chen Hsiao. The former Taiwanese exchange student was found stabbed to death in her apartment in August. The 27-year-old Tellis is also charged with one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Although Monroe police have identified Tellis as a suspect in Hsiao's death, he's never been charged with killing the 34-year-old. Tellis was living in Monroe with his new wife when he was arrested in August. Monroe police said Tellis and Hsiao, a University of Louisiana at Monroe graduate, knew each other.
Tellis could get a life sentence without parole as a habitual offender in Louisiana because of previous felony convictions in Mississippi. Tellis was twice convicted of burglary in Panola County, Mississippi, and once for fleeing police. He was released from prison in October 2014, two months before Chambers' killing.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article76482827.html