A person suspected of strangling his spouse, an Instagram influencer, in Texas final 12 months was discovered useless Wednesday in a Florida residence, regulation enforcement officers mentioned.
The physique of the girl, Alexis Sharkey, 26, was found Nov. 28 on the facet of a street about 17 miles west of downtown Houston after she was reported lacking, police mentioned on the time.
An post-mortem decided that she died of strangulation, authorities revealed in January.
Her husband, Tom Sharkey, was discovered useless, apparently by suicide, at a residence in Florida, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed Wednesday.
Houston police mentioned Sharkey killed himself after he realized that marshals have been on the residence in Fort Myers, the place he had been staying with a relative.
An arrest warrant was issued Sept. 29 with the intent to formally cost him with homicide as soon as he was in custody, police mentioned.
Police had not publicly recognized Tom Sharkey as a suspect in his spouse’s loss of life till Wednesday.
Investigators found that Tom Sharkey had a historical past of home violence and that the couple have been breaking apart, authorities mentioned.
A home violence report was not filed, however Alexis Sharkey made statements to others that her husband had bodily abused her. Proof confirmed that the couple had separated and that whereas Tom Sharkey was desirous about reconciling, his spouse was not, police mentioned.
Tom Sharkey was not truthful in his conversations with police, and he had been evasive with authorities, together with leaving the state shortly after his spouse’s loss of life, police mentioned.
He initially agreed to offer a DNA pattern in August however “primarily disappeared” when a detective went to fulfill him on an agreed-upon date, police mentioned.
Police mentioned that there was a “prolonged” investigation and that different theories have been explored, together with one supplied by Tom Sharkey. Detectives finally decided that he was the one individual with the means and the motive to kill Alexis Sharkey.
In accordance with her mom, Alexis Sharkey vanished simply after Thanksgiving final 12 months. Sharkey, who had greater than 87,000 followers on Instagram, had moved to Houston in January 2020 after she obtained married.
Tom Sharkey posted about his spouse’s disappearance and loss of life on social media, NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston reported, addressing what he mentioned was “crap speak” from commenters.
“And if my spouse would of seen this she could be disenchanted in your actions! You all needs to be ashamed of yourselves!” he posted. “I’ve been helping the deputies and making cellphone calls to search out out what occurred to my spouse.”
