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By Victoria Edeme<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A now suspended Virginia Tech footballer, David Etute, has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of a man he met on dating app, Tinder. Etute, who has Nigerian roots, had allegedly beaten a transvestite sex worker to death after discovering that \u2018she\u2019 was actually a man, Richmond-Times Dispatch reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Etute\u2019s statement to the police revealed that he was matched with someone named \u2018Angie\u2019 on Tinder. The footballer had visited the victim\u2019s apartment on April 10 and he revealed that they both engaged in oral sex. On returning to the apartment on May 31 for more intimate sexual activity, he discovered that the \u2018Angie\u2019 he was matched with was a male who was later identified as Jerry Smith, a restaurant worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Etute told the police that upon his discovery, he punched Smith five times in the face and kept on punching him victim till Smith hit the ground. Though he heard \u201cbubbling and gurgling\u201d, Etute left the apartment and didn\u2019t call the police after the incident. Two days later, the police found Smith\u2019s body in his apartment at Blacksburg, Virginia. Autopsy revealed that all the bones in Smith\u2019s face were broken and his teeth were also missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith also sustained cranial fractures and the medical examiner revealed that he died from blunt force trauma transmitted to the head. In the Montgomery County General District Court on June 2, Etute was charged with second-degree murder for Smith\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Etute was granted bond during the hearing but the Chief Deputy Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney, Patrick Jensen, filed an expedited appeal to keep Etute in jail for five more days. According to a release by the Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney, Mary Pettitt, the court later agreed on Wednesday to release Etute on a $75,000 secured bond under house arrest and electronic monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked about how he felt, Etute revealed that the situation affected him \u201creal hard\u201d. He said, \u201cI\u2019m trying to stay strong for the people that support me. I feel like I\u2019ve let a lot of people down\u2026 I\u2019m truly sorry for my actions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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