Pregnant woman’s body found in bag on riverbank; North Carolina couple charged
02/16/2021 12:13 pm PST
RALEIGH, N.C. (TCD) --
Two people have been arrested and charged in connection to a missing pregnant woman whose body was found in a bag on a North Carolina riverbank last week.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the missing-person case as a homicide on Monday, Feb. 8, after Brittany Samone Smith’s remains were found on the shoreline of the Neuse River in Raleigh.
Smith, 28, was last seen in Wendell, N.C. She was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 4. WNCN-TV and WTVD-TV both reported the woman’s body was found in a suitcase. She was reportedly six months pregnant.
The North Carolina State Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Smith’s identity.
Thomas Johnson, 37, and Emmalei Trevathan, 24, described as a couple by the sheriff's office, were arrested in a traffic stop in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Johnson and Trevathan were charged with murder; murder of an unborn child; and concealment of a body. They were held without bond in Wake County.
MORE:
- Couple Arrested, Charged in Murder of Missing Woman - Wake County Sheriff’s Office Facebook
- 'Devastated' family of slain Wake County pregnant woman says 'senseless' violence must stop - WTVD
- After searching area for missing woman, a woman’s body found in suitcase near Neuse River, Wake County sheriff says - WNCN
