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After being sentenced to life in prison in 2023, an appeals court upheld the conviction on Friday of a man who murdered and burned the body of a Longview woman according to our news partners at KETK. According to the Upshur County Criminal District Attorney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office, 43-year-old Carlton Grant will spend life in prison without parole after a Texarkana appeals court upheld his sentence for the murder of Rachel Rhoads.<\/p>\n
The release said Rhoads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 roommate was mutual friends with Grant and his girlfriend. In March 2018, Grant strangled Rhoads with a homemade garrote and a zip tie in her vehicle after she agreed to drive him and his girlfriend home. Afterwards, he and his girlfriend would dispose of Rhoads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 body by dumping it in a utility right-of-way and burning it.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153When the crime scene was surveyed, Grant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sock was found near Rhoads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 body, the black zip tie was still around the victim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s neck, part of a vinegar bottle was found, along with the zebra-print blanket that Grant covered the victim with,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the DA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office said.
\nHuman remains found inside burning vehicle in East Texas, foul play suspected<\/p>\n
Rhoads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 official cause of death was strangulation, according to his warrant.<\/p>\n
The DA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office said Grant and his girlfriend were arrested in April 2018, where she was cooperative meanwhile Grant denied all allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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