A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman in 2019 after briefly meeting her on a dating app. Fabiola Thomas, 39, was found in a bathtub by her roommate in June 2019 in their Roswell, Georgia, apartment, according to police reports. FOX 5 Atlanta.
Antonio Wilson, then 38, was arrested and charged with murder months later, the report said. Atlanta Constitution Magazine citing Roswell police. The investigation began on June 8, 2019, after police received a panicked phone call from Thomas’ roommate, who said he found her in the bathtub and that “something bad had happened to her,” police said. Police found her unresponsive at the scene and she was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
A medical examiner ruled her death a homicide several months later. During the investigation, authorities discovered that Thomas and Wilson had met on a dating app shortly before the killing, according to WSB-Television Channel.
“Ms. Thomas did everything you think you should do,” said Deputy District Attorney Abigail Potter. WSB Television In an interview, she told her friends where she was going and that she would only meet him in public places.
When she refused to continue seeing him, Wilson could not handle the rejection, prosecutors said. In a text message sent before her death, Thomas asked Wilson to “stop claiming her.” “Keep your ring, I am not your woman, I never was, stop claiming me because I never claimed you,” Thomas wrote in a text message, according to the report. 11 live.
The day before she was killed, she “unfriended” Wilson, said Senior Deputy District Attorney Nalda Charles, though it was unclear what messaging platform they were friends on. Wilson was arrested on Oct. 25, 2019, the day after Thomas’ death was ruled a homicide.
Following the trial, the jury deliberated for just 30 minutes before finding him guilty. On Tuesday, July 23, a judge sentenced Wilson to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, WSB-TV reported from a Fulton County courtroom.