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January 27 at 8:16 PM
Attorneys for the District man charged in the beating
death of a local actress and yoga instructor argued Friday that their client
did not commit the brutal killing and that detectives sought to coerce the
mentally ill suspect.
Duane Adrian Johnson, 29, is charged with murder in the
killing of Tricia Lynn McCauley, who went missing on Christmas Day and was
later found dead in the back seat of her white Scion. She had been beaten and
strangled, and her legs were bound by a seatbelt, police said.
Police said Johnson, who did not know McCauley, had been
spotted driving the car and that he had the keys on him when he was detained.
After Johnson was arrested, according to charging
documents, he told police that McCauley offered him a ride. He said he and
McCauley had sex and that afterwards she committed suicide by hanging herself
with a seatbelt. He then told detectives that he drove around the city with
McCauley’s body in the backseat and that he believed she was “sleeping” and
would “wake up.”
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