Chattanooga po po say JaMichael Donte Harris murdered woman who posted pic of her bling on Facebook

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06-11-14

Police believe a photo posted on Facebook by a woman of herself posing with money might have led a man to kill her over the weekend.

JaMichael Donte Harris, 20, was arrested Tuesday after police say he tried to make Inez Burney's death look like a drowning early Saturday morning.

Harris is charged with criminal homicide in Burney's death and faces a preliminary court date next week.

Officers initially responded to a report of CPR in progress at 1400 Cypress Street Ct. around 6 a.m.

There, Harris said he let himself in the apartment with a key at about 4 a.m.

According to an arrest affidavit, Harris told police he went upstairs and found Burney unresponsive in the bathtub.

But he said didn't start CPR until approximately 5:30, close to when he called 9-1-1.

Officers noticed scratches on Harris' face consistent with a female attempting to defend herself against an attacker.

On Sunday the Hamilton County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a homicide.

The money from the photo Burney posted on her Facebook was not immediately located at her apartment
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JaMichael Donte Harris
 
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