Murder Trial for Man Charged in Gruesome Killing of a Texas College Student has Begun

Tarrant County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The murder trial for a 31-year old man charged with killing a 24-year old woman from Texas Woman’s University has begun.

In his opening statement, Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Lucas Allen says Jackie Vandergriff’s death came right as she was starting a “promising: career.

Prosecutors say Charles Dean Bryant killed Vandergriff and is seen on video buying a shovel at a Walmart, filling up a gas canister on the night of her death.

Vandergriff was found burned and dismembered hours later.

The defense says she died during consensual sex and that Bryant panicked.

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