Football player arrested for killing his girlfriend after finding out she was transgender

21 year old popular Texas college football player
Carlton Ray Champion Jr. (left) has been
charged with the murder of 24yr old transgender
woman, Ty Underwood ()right, who was killed on
Jan. 26th

Police first caught a break in the case when
Ty's roommate, Kedrick Darks, told police
Underwood had been dating a man named
“Carlton” for several weeks prior to her
death.

Police say they interviewed
Champion, who confirmed that he had been
communicating via a service called “Kik”
with Underwood, who was going by “Tyra”
on the service.
They were able to search
Champion’s tablet computer and allegedly
discovered communications between
Champion and Underwood dating back to
January 19, 2015.
“After reading the text between Champion, Jr.

and Underwood, it was clear that the two have
had sexual relations with each other,” one
detective wrote. The investigation revealed a
series of messages between Champion and
Underwood on January 25 in which Underwood
was angry with Champion for initially agreeing to
meet in person that night and then backing out.

Underwood sent a message saying she no longer
wanted to see Champion, to which he allegedly
responded: "That’s how it is now, I will make it
up.”

After that, there was allegedly some additional
conversation about where and how they would
meet, and whether it would be at a Texas
College or along a random street. The
conversation makes it appear they were to meet
on 25th street.

The investigators also obtained
surveillance video allegedly depicting Champion
exiting his dorm early on the morning of January
26 following the Kik conversation.
They say Champion met up with Ty - and when
he found out he was born a male, Champion
allegedly killed him.

One of the detectives interviewed Champion’s
father and wrote “[Champion’s father] stated
that Carlton Jr. was meeting [Underwood] and
thought [Underwood] was female. According to
[Champion’s father], Carlton Jr. was supposed
to get some type of sexual favor from
[Underwood] but realized [Underwood] was a
male.”
Additionally, investigators say Champion’s jacket
worn at the time of the murder tested positive
for blood in a preliminary test that’s too basic to
determine whose blood was sampled.

Source: CBSTV