Photo: Fort Worth Police Department
In early January, Valerian Osteen was arrested for two counts of domestic abuse but released the following day on $15,000 bond. The court ordered him to stay away from victim Marissa Grimes, 26, and ordered him to wear an ankle monitor,according to theFort Worth Star-Telegram.
A month later, on Feb. 12, Grimes was reported missing,reported Patch.com.
“A 24-year-old Fort Worth man, Valerian Osteen, is the suspect in the Capital Murder of Marissa Grimes,” according to astatement released Saturdayfrom the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office. “Her body was located earlier this week at his home and has now been positively identified.”
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
Last week, Fort Worth police found a vehicle connected with the missing person report for Grimes, the paper reported.
Police allegedly found evidence that Grimes was dead around or inside the house where Osteen lived and obtained a search warrant,the paper reported. “They found Grimes dead under the pier-and-beam house.”
Tarrant County Corrections Center
Osteen was arrested and charged with one count of capital murder, according toonline jail records, and lists a bond for $500,000. But the Tarrant County DA’s office says the bond was revoked.
“Osteen is now being held in the Tarrant County Jail without bond,” it states, “and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office has requested that he be held without bond going forward due to his new offenses committed while on bond for family violence related offenses.”
If you suspect domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
