Gym Murder Suspect Sexted Woman After Killing: Report

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The man suspected in the murder of a young mother at the 9 on Canal apartment complex was sexting another woman after the killing, Fox59 reports. Cody Weir, 25, of Avon is accused in the death of 23-year-old Carina Rodriguez, who was found slain on Friday.

Weir was arrested on a preliminary murder charge after the killing, which police say took place inside the apartment complex gym in the 300 block of West 9th Street. Police said Weir was arrested Friday night after Rodriguez was found dead with what police described as "signs of trauma" in the complex's second-story gym.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released a surveillance video containing what they say are images of Weir, a person of interest at the time the video was released.

A woman told Fox59 she knew accused killer Weir from high school, and said he was sending her lewd messages on Facebook Thursday night and throughout the day Friday. “I know about eleven different women who got the same kind of messages as me around the same time frame,” Jessica Haines told Fox.

Original story:

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said homicide detectives are investigating the area surrounding a downtown apartment building after a woman was found dead in the second-floor gym. Police say officers responded to a call of a "person down" at the 300 block of West 9th Street just before 6:30 a.m. They say they found a woman suffering from signs of trauma, however detectives don't believe the victim was injured by gunshots.

IMPD says detectives are going through the area talking to residents about the incident and making sure they feel safe.

As of Friday afternoon IMPD said detectives are investigating this incident as a criminal homicide, following up on possible suspect information, and will know more about what happened early in the morning once an autopsy is completed.

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Anyone with information asked to call Detective Jose Torres, IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3741 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.

Video, images credit: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department