CLEVELAND, OH- East Cleveland police said six suspects are in custody in connection to the torture and murder of a woman, while at least one person is still on the run.
The arrested suspects were identified by East Cleveland police as:
Indya Pauldo
Anthony Bryant
Brittany Smith
Destiny Henderson
Portia Williams
Nathaniel Poke Jr.
A seventh suspect, identified as Hakeem-Ali Shomo, is still on the run, East Cleveland police said.
According to investigators, the suspects are involved with the brutal murder of 22-year-old Alishah Pointer. Her body was found on Tuesday dumped in the basement of an abandoned burned-out home on Savannah Street in East Cleveland.
Chief Scott Gardner, with the East Cleveland Police Department, said it’s believed that Pointer had information related to a crime in Cleveland, adding that the 22-year-old woman was abducted from a home in North Randall
The suspects allegedly tortured her in an attempt to get information about the crime before she was murdered.
Poke Jr. is the only suspect with records related to the case filed with the East Cleveland Municipal Court. He is expected to be arraigned on a murder charge on Monday at 11 a.m.
