Admin l Monday, August 07, 2017
MISSOURI, United States – A Missouri court has charged four women believed to be adult entertainers(hookers) with the murder of Ralp Cross in his Missouri home.
The four women, Ponesha Taylor, 23, Brittany Curry, 28, Lauteshia Dotson, 23 and Johniesha Simmons, 19, from Nashville and Memphis face charges including first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon connecting to the death of Ralph Cross Aug. 1.
According to Investigators, the women were in southeast Missouri after advertising adult entertainment services online.
Cross, 55, was said to have purchased a new tire for the women and allowed them to stay in his house while he fixed their flat tire.
The women were said to have remained in Cross’s house until officials discovered his body there Tuesday morning. The Mississippi County Sheriff’s office said the four women were seen last at the victim’s home, Fox 13 reported.
At the scene, police spotted 9mm shell casings. Acting Mississippi County Sheriff Branden Caid said the women might have shot Cross with a 9mm handgun and that he died of a gunshot wound to his back.
Court documents showed all the women admitted to being at Cross’s home the day he died, but none admitted to killing Cross, or identified how they were involved.
