A 21-year-old former Manning resident was charged this week for her role in the alleged death of a 19-year-old Virginia man.
Latoya Shantice Gay, 21, and Denise Monique Gay, 48, were charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Martre Lamonte Coles of Henrico, Virginia.
The Highland Springs High School graduate's body was found April 2 in a plastic storage container stashed behind an electrical box near the Mondelez International Inc. plant on Gorman Road in eastern Henrico, according to CBS 6 News of Virginia. Authorities reported that Coles had been missing since March 12.
The elder Gay was in a relationship with Coles' father and Coles' sister, Michelle Coles, told the CBS 6 News station that she has a theory on why the women killed her brother.
"(Denise Gay) just didn't like him," she said. "I think it had a lot to do with jealousy as far as her position with my father and wanting to be more."
The circumstances surrounding Coles' death have not yet been made public.
According to local sources, Latoya Shantice Gay previously lived in Manning and attended Manning Junior High School and Manning High School.
Both women were being held in a Virginia jail without bond.
