Man charged with murder after body discovered
Posted/updated on: September 27, 2023 at 4:30 pm
TYLER — A body has been found near the Hollytree Apartments on Hollytree Drive around 1:00 Tuesday afternoon. While working on a separate case in the apartments, officers discovered the body, wrapped in a cloth material, in a nearby ravine. The victim, identified as 18-year-old Deja Hood, was reported missing by her parents. Officials said that the victim did not live in the apartment complex, but was there with Jamaurea Jermaine Britton, 19. Britton was arrested on a murder charge. He was booked into the Smith County Jail on a $1,000,000 bond.
