Blood trail leads cops to man found dead in suitcase near dumpster as roommate is charged with murder

POLICE found a Tennessee man's remains in a suitcase left near a dumpster after following a bloody trail to the grisly site, reports say.

Julian Summers, 30, was arrested for the alleged murder of his roommate, 63-year-old Bruce Jeffries.


Around 10pm on December 12, Memphis police responded to a suspicious call saying that someone had found a body stuffed in a suitcase, according to WHBQ.

Officers said that when they opened the suitcase, it was discovered that the victim died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Police in Tennessee identified the victim as Jeffries on December 20.

According to police, a witness told investigators that he saw Summers dragging that suitcase through an alley at around 10am that day.

The witness said that Summers tried to throw the suitcase in the dumpster, but it was too heavy.

When Summers saw that he was being watched, he dropped the suitcase and ran away from the site.

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Video footage from the nearby apartment complex also showed Summers attempting to throw the suitcase into the dumpster.

Cameras spotted him again outside of a bank.

Investigators said that the suitcase left a blood trail that led the police from the dumpsters back to the Broadmoor Apartment complex on South Cleveland.

This is where Summers and Jeffries lived together for the past two years.

Police searched the apartment unit where the blood trail ended and found signs of struggle and blood throughout the living space.

This included broken glass, broken mirror, and blood in the bedroom.

Police said that there were several pieces of clothing with blood stains in a washing machine.

Summers has been charged with second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

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