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07-07-2009, 03:32 PM
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-tattooed-woman-killed-070709,0,5600568.story
The man accused of murdering a prostitute last month and then dumping her body near Eatonville asked his fifth-grade son to help him get rid of the body, according to an arrest affidavit.
Alan John Jett, 40, who is charged with first-degree murder in the June slaying of Lashanda Rae Brand, is at the Orange County Jail.
Brand was identified last month after Orange County deputies released photos of the her tattoos and asked the public for help. Witnesses told investigators she was a known prostitute.
Investigators received a tip that Jett's son told a classmate about the murder. They interviewed him at school late last month, and it was then that the boy spilled his father's secret.
The boy, whom the Orlando Sentinel is not identifying, told investigators an incredible tale.
According to the arrest affidavit filed in Orange County court, the boy said he was with his father one night when Jett picked up a prostitute from the Parramore area. The trio went back to Jett's apartment in the 7100 block of Forest City Road and the adults went into Jett's bedroom.
A while later, the boy heard his father and Brand arguing about money. Then he heard silence, according to affidavit.
Jett left his bedroom and took his son to dinner. As they left the apartment, the boy asked Jett where Brand was and was told the woman was sleeping. The boy told investigators he saw her lying on the bed, but thought then that the woman was dead.
The next morning Jett told his son the woman had left. Later that morning, however, the boy went into his father's room, opened the closet and saw Brand's body wrapped in a blanket and tape, according to the affidavit.
He didn't say anything to his father and went to his summer school classes. After school, the boy told Jett he knew the woman was dead because he saw her body in the closet.
A day later, Jett told his son "they need to get rid of the body" because it was starting to decompose and stink, the affidavit said.
Jett then wrapped up the victim in more bedding and asked his son to help him load the woman's body into the back of his Chevy Tahoe, the boy told investigators. They both got in the vehicle and dumped the body in a field.
After interviewing the boy, investigators asked him to show them where they dumped the body. The boy took them to the same place off Forest City Road in Eatonville where Brand's body was found on June 22.
Deputies have not said how the woman died.
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The man accused of murdering a prostitute last month and then dumping her body near Eatonville asked his fifth-grade son to help him get rid of the body, according to an arrest affidavit.
Alan John Jett, 40, who is charged with first-degree murder in the June slaying of Lashanda Rae Brand, is at the Orange County Jail.
Brand was identified last month after Orange County deputies released photos of the her tattoos and asked the public for help. Witnesses told investigators she was a known prostitute.
Investigators received a tip that Jett's son told a classmate about the murder. They interviewed him at school late last month, and it was then that the boy spilled his father's secret.
The boy, whom the Orlando Sentinel is not identifying, told investigators an incredible tale.
According to the arrest affidavit filed in Orange County court, the boy said he was with his father one night when Jett picked up a prostitute from the Parramore area. The trio went back to Jett's apartment in the 7100 block of Forest City Road and the adults went into Jett's bedroom.
A while later, the boy heard his father and Brand arguing about money. Then he heard silence, according to affidavit.
Jett left his bedroom and took his son to dinner. As they left the apartment, the boy asked Jett where Brand was and was told the woman was sleeping. The boy told investigators he saw her lying on the bed, but thought then that the woman was dead.
The next morning Jett told his son the woman had left. Later that morning, however, the boy went into his father's room, opened the closet and saw Brand's body wrapped in a blanket and tape, according to the affidavit.
He didn't say anything to his father and went to his summer school classes. After school, the boy told Jett he knew the woman was dead because he saw her body in the closet.
A day later, Jett told his son "they need to get rid of the body" because it was starting to decompose and stink, the affidavit said.
Jett then wrapped up the victim in more bedding and asked his son to help him load the woman's body into the back of his Chevy Tahoe, the boy told investigators. They both got in the vehicle and dumped the body in a field.
After interviewing the boy, investigators asked him to show them where they dumped the body. The boy took them to the same place off Forest City Road in Eatonville where Brand's body was found on June 22.
Deputies have not said how the woman died.
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