MS woman arrested months after body found in burned car
Dec 17, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Mississippi woman has been arrested months after a man was found dead inside a burned-up car in the Memphis Police Department's impound lot.
Tameria Clark, 20, was booked in the Shelby County Jail Tuesday for arson, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with or fabricating evidence. Her bond is set at $500,000.
Woman wanted in connection to body found in burned-out car
On July 20, first responders made the scene of a vehicle fire at Weaver Road and Tully Road in Southwest Memphis. When the fire was out, MPD investigators took photos and completed a police report, and then the car was taken to the city impound lot at 465 Kline Lane.
That same morning, the family of 20-year-old Jaderius Webb filed a missing person report with the Horn Lake Police Department. Two days later, Webb's body was discovered inside the backseat of the vehicle.
Jaderius Webb
Police said a video posted on social media showed Clark at a party on July 20. Detectives said two other people at the party said Clark was upset and told them she had done something that would "send her to jail."
According to the affidavit of complaint, the witnesses said Clark told them that someone had killed a man in her house, left her to clean up the body, and she burned the body.
A man who said he was Webb’s father told WREG his son “wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
Body found inside burned vehicle at police impound lot
He said before they found his son’s body, he had been conducting his own investigation to find out what happened to him. He said he went to the scene where the car was on fire and found his work boots and a gas can left behind.
Police have not released Webb’s cause of death or said who else they might be looking for in connection to his death.
Clark is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.