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Crime briefs: 2 educators, police officer indicted in sex crimes investigation




Hill

Hill

2 educators, police

officer indicted in sex

crimes investigation

An investigation started in January by Metro police’s Youth Services Division into the reported sexual abuse of a Nashville teenager during 2017 and 2018 has resulted in the indictment of three men, two educators and a Metro police officer, on multiple criminal counts.

The officer, Corey Reed, 31, a five-year Metro police veteran, surrendered at the Downtown Detention Center on Wednesday afternoon on one count of sexual battery by an authority figure. He is accused of unlawfully touching the then 13-year-old boy, who spent the night at Reed’s home in December 2017. A Criminal Court judge set bond for Reed at $100,000.

MarVelous Brown, 30, who was the band director at Joelton Middle School when he met the victim in 2017 and allowed him to spend the night at his home on multiple occasions, police said, is charged with one count of aggravated rape, three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and one count of solicitation of a minor. Until his recent separation, Brown was the band director at Fisk University. Brown is not yet in custody.

Reed

Reed

Derek Calvon Hill Jr., 25, a high school health teacher at Kipp Academy, is charged with one count of aggravated rape. He is accused of sexually assaulting the teenager with Brown at Brown’s Nashville home in 2017. Hill was arrested at Kipp on Wednesday afternoon. His bond is also set at $100,000.

The victim, who is now age 18, came to police in January to report the sexual abuse, which he said began when he was in the sixth grade. Brown is alleged to have unsuccessfully solicited the teen for sex as late as last year.

Reed, who was assigned to the South Precinct, was decommissioned Jan. 19 pending criminal and administrative investigations. The Office of Professional Accountability’s investigation of Reed will soon result in notice of a disciplinary hearing.

A forensic artist created a facial reconstruction depicting what a woman whose body was found in 2018 may have looked like.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

A forensic artist created a facial reconstruction depicting what a woman whose body was found in 2018 may have looked like.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

Brown, Hill and Reed are friends and took part in a mentoring group through a college fraternity.

— Staff Report

Police work to identify young

woman found dead in 2018

Missing person/cold case detectives continue to work to identify the woman whose body, in an advanced stage of decomposition, was discovered Sept. 8, 2018, on the side of the road in the 4400 block of Sulphur Creek Road.

Forensic analysis determined that she was Black and possibly Hispanic. She was approximately 5-foot to 5-foot-5 and had black curly hair. She is estimated to have been 15 to 25 years old. Due to her potential young age, a forensic artist with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created a facial reconstruction of the woman depicting what she may have looked like.

She was wearing Vanderbilt University apparel, including a black Under Armour pullover hooded sweatshirt and ZooZatz brand black leggings that had the white Vanderbilt “V” inside the gold star in a widespread geometric pattern. She also wore a ZooZatz brand black running hip band with zip pocket with the Vanderbilt logo, a white metal From the Heart brand necklace that appeared to have been missing a charm, a green and black leopard print bra, a black undershirt, white socks and no shoes.

A woman found dead in 2018 was wearing a white metal From the Heart brand necklace that appeared to have been missing a charm.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

A woman found dead in 2018 was wearing a white metal From the Heart brand necklace that appeared to have been missing a charm.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

Due to the condition of her body, the medical examiner was unable to determine a cause of death. There was no evidence of a traffic/hit-and-run crash on the roadway.

A review of missing persons cases, including discussions with Vanderbilt, did not show anyone who matched this description.

Anyone with information about the woman’s identity or circumstances surrounding her death is asked to contact Cold Case Detective Matt Filter at 615-862-7803 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).

— Staff Report

A woman found dead in 2018 was wearing ZooZatz brand black leggings that had the white Vanderbilt “V” inside the gold star in a widespread geometric pattern.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

A woman found dead in 2018 was wearing ZooZatz brand black leggings that had the white Vanderbilt “V” inside the gold star in a widespread geometric pattern.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

Man found fatally shot

in Madison is identified

Preston Jass, 29, has been identified as the victim found fatally shot in the parking lot of 18 Thirty Apartments on Spring Branch Drive in Madison early Sunday morning. The circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation.

Anyone who may have seen or had contact with Jass last weekend is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463. Callers can remain anonymous and qualify for a cash reward.

— Staff Report

A woman whose body was found in 2018 was wearing Vanderbilt University apparel, including a black Under Armour pullover hooded sweatshirt.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

A woman whose body was found in 2018 was wearing Vanderbilt University apparel, including a black Under Armour pullover hooded sweatshirt.Courtesy / Metro Nashville Police Department

Jass

Jass

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