A Florida couple allegedly behind bars to use an online dating app, who brutally tortured a 16 -year -old girl to her home, torture and killing her before disintegrating her.
According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, the body of Miranda Corset was released on dumpster days after reporting the disappearance on 24 February.
Officials alleged that 35 -year -old Steven Grace used the online dating app grind on 14 February to woo the corset at his home in the south -west of Tampa, about 20 miles south of Tampa.
Police said, “After meeting them for the first time, (Corset) went home and then the next day (Grace ‘returned home,” the police said.
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Miranda corset smiles in a undeclared photo shared by the St. Petersburg Police Department. Corset was allegedly murdered by a man he found on a dating app, Steven Grace and his domestic partner, Michelle Brands. (St. Petersburg Police Department)
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Police believe that the teenager who had run away continuously and was living at home with mother, Grace and her domestic partner, 37 -year -old Michelle brands for an 11 -month -old child. Initially, ten days after meeting the couple, the grandmother of the corset, her primary care, informed her about the disappearance of the Gulfport Police.
“(Her grandmother) said that she usually comes home, so she does not report to leave her every time,” Commander Mary Farand, Gulfport City Police chief said at a press conference. “(Corset) Just did not return on time this time.”
On 20 February, Corset, Grace and Brands came into a argument on a missing ring, which the couple believed that the corset had stolen, according to the police.
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Steven Grace is accused of kidnapping and first-degree murder for alleged murder and disintegration of 16-year-old Miranda Corset in St. Petersburg, Florida. (St. Petersburg Police Department)
According to the court documents received by Fox News Digital, Grace and Brands allegedly repeatedly tortured during several days during several days, causing him to suffer a billiard ball in his mouth in his mouth and wrapped his face with plastic wrap.
“From 24th to 24th, he was beaten and tortured, as he did not find this piece of jewelry,” St. Petersburg police chief Anthony Holowway said.
Officials believe the corsets were killed between 20 February and 24 February.
After the murder of the Corset, the authorities alleged that Grace took his body to a house owned by the mother of Brands in nearby Largo, Florida. The evidence found at home indicated that the corpse of the corset was disintegrated before removing the remains in Hillsborough County and in a dumpster, the coronate’s body was disintegrated, police said.
According to officials, on 6 March, a witness came to the police to report a potential kidnapping and a possible kidnapping and murder associated with a missing teenager.
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Mitchell Brands converted himself to the St. Petersburg Police and was accused of first-degree murder for the alleged murder of 16-year-old Miranda Corset. (St. Petersburg Police Department)
St. Petersburg Police said in a statement, “Dumpter -based detectives and are working to find the body.”
A representative of the St. Petersburg Police Department confirmed Fox News Digital that the investigation into the murder of the corset was going on.
Grace was already in police custody for arms and drug offenders when the police accused him of first-degree murder and kidnapped on 7 March. The next day, the brands converted themselves into police and were later accused of first-degree murder.
Patrick McCall, a security expert at McCal Risk Group, told Fox News Digital, “This is a classic case of a weak young woman who most likely sought online.” “This attention came from a person who easily hunted him and who told him the right things, and he fell into his web.”
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Grace ‘and Brands’ Attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s comment.
“This is a frightening crime,” said Holowway. “We want to ensure that we bring justice to Miranda. I want to say that we want to justify all responsible parties.”
Corset’s murder comes when the hunters continued to use the online dating app to woo the victims for their deaths.
In July 2024, a Pennsylvania man was arrested, who was allegedly used Grindra to meet a 14 -year -old transgender teenager. The 29 -year -old Dashan Watkins is currently facing allegations of murder after the remains of the disintegration of Paul License at Shenango River Lake in Claro Boro, Pennsylvania.
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Earlier this year, a person from Virginia was found guilty of using dating apps to kill two women in 2021. Anthony Robinson is being sentenced for the killings of Beth Redman and Tanita Smith, a jury convicted them for killing both women and dumping their bodies in a wooden area nearby.
Personal safety experts are warning parents to monitor the use of social media of their children and seek warning signs that may indicate that they are talking online to strangers.
McCal said, “Many times teenagers are hunted by people who will portray themselves as their age or express equality to achieve their belief.” “(Some signs are included) being secret with the phone, making phone calls, hiding the phone, talking about a new friend or sudden interest in something they are usually interested in, may be related to the person they are talking about.
