May 02, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman was arrested Wednesday in the death of a man who police say was robbed, murdered and left in a ditch in 2019. Breanna Williams was allegedly involved in a robbery and shooting that resulted in the death of Baba Said on July 3, 2019, at a residence in the 1400 block of Amarillo Street. Police: Suspect murders man inside Cherokee home, dumps body in ditch U.S. Marshals located Williams at a business in the 7200 block of Appling Farms Parkway. She was taken into custody and is charged with First Degree Murder, Abuse of a Corpse, Especially Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Robbery, and Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Robbery. Breanna Williams Records show Williams was released on her own recognizance in June of 2020. She was indicted on the charges in December 2020, and had a court date set for April 25 of this year. That same day, records show a bond forfeiture, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Said, 20, was last seen leaving the 1300 block of East Raines Road in a Honda Accord. That vehicle was found abandoned on the interstate the next day, prompting police to open a missing persons case. Authorities issued an alert to the media about Said’s disappearance on July 5, stating he may be with a 15-year-old runaway, identified by MPD at the time as Breanna Williams. Police searching for missing endangered 15- and 20-year-olds The next day, that juvenile turned herself in to police. She claimed that she met Said at a home on Amarillo Street and that he had tried to kidnap her. She fled from his vehicle and called her friend Jalen Braden, who lived on Amarillo Street, to pick her up. Officers with the Missing Persons Bureau went to Braden’s home where they discovered that a couch with blood-stained cushions had been moved to the curb. Inside the home, investigators found a cleaning rag and a bottle of bleach along with additional blood spots in the living room. When questioned by authorities, Braden admitted that he and the juvenile lured Said to the house to rob him. He took Said’s car keys and $20 before shooting him once in the back of the head. Braden stated he then wrapped the victim in black garbage bags and threw him in a ditch near Goodman Street and Healey Avenue. Braden faces similar charges as Williams now faces. A court date in his case is set for May 16, according to court records. Mississippi man charged with murder after human remains located at Riverside Marina Albert Johnson is also charged in the same case, with a court date set for May 16. Authorities say he admitted to being at the home during the robbery and murder. He said he helped place Said’s body in garbage bags, placed him in the back of a vehicle and then dumped his body in a drainage ditch. Said’s remains were located on Treasure Island near McKellar Lake in October 2019.
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