Victoria Duron: 17-year-old Cypress Ridge High School student charged with murder after 16-year-old killed

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 17-year-old lady is out on bond after her arrest this week in connection with the killing of a 16-year-old acquaintance, who investigators say was shot to demise after he accused the lady and her boyfriend of stealing medicine from him.

Court information state that Victoria Nicole Duron faces a capital murder cost. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office recognized her as a suspect within the demise of Tyrone Fiamahn, whom witnesses known as “Knock-Knock” in Duron’s charging documentation.

Editor’s observe: The following particulars are primarily based from Victoria Duron’s charging documentation, obtained by ABC13 on Friday. She is charged however not convicted:

Fiamahn’s physique was discovered inside a room on the Regency Inn and Suites within the 12300 block of FM 1960 West on Dec. 19, 2022, however his decomposing state indicated he was killed days earlier. A witness’ textual content messaging thread with Fiamahn went unanswered late on Dec. 16, based on information.

Using that information, investigators reviewed motel surveillance video of that evening and came across a pair in hoodies being dropped off by a pickup earlier than strolling towards the sufferer’s room. The female and male had been let in, and after about 30-40 minutes, the door reopened solely to shut once more. The couple then exited hurriedly, heading into the parking zone and out to the road, the place they had been picked up by a sedan.

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Investigators observed that the feminine had a telephone in her hand with its flashlight lighting up, indicating a notification receipt. Based on the completely different autos used for arrival and departure, detectives subpoenaed rider information from the rideshare app Lyft, which returned consumer information for Duron and a telephone quantity registered to her father.

The information additionally matched the timing, location, and autos used for rides that her account summoned across the time of the killing.

It was at this level that investigators discovered a report of Duron’s enrollment at Cypress Ridge High School, in addition to her probably Facebook web page. Her Lyft profile picture was additionally situated, which confirmed what gave the impression to be a feminine in black shorts, sitting within the driver’s seat of a BMW, with an “LV” purse subsequent to her and a Glock pistol with an prolonged journal in her lap.

Investigators additionally made clear that additional opinions of motel safety footage discovered no different folks arriving at Fiamahn’s room between his killing and the time his physique was discovered.

Deputies would not make contact with Duron till Jan. 7, greater than three weeks after the capturing, when investigators went to her household’s house and requested to speak with her on the HCSO Homicide Division workplace.

After agreeing, Duron, with her mother and father ready for her exterior, advised detectives what occurred though the primary a part of her interview, deputies say, was peppered with partial truths and lies about what occurred.

Duron advised investigators that she and her boyfriend knew Fiamahn as her boyfriend’s drug provider. The group agreed to satisfy Fiamahn, whom his mom advised deputies was a runaway, that evening. During their meetup, the group smoked narcotics for greater than a half hour earlier than Fiamahn accused the couple of stealing medicine from him. As the sufferer was rolling a cigar with his head down and talking phrases underneath his breath, the boyfriend pulls out a pistol and shoots Fiamahn inside a couple of toes.

The sufferer falls to the bottom, and simply as Duron was about to depart, the boyfriend tells her to take extra merchandise from the room. The boyfriend was additionally seen rolling the sufferer over and taking money out of his pockets. They then stroll away with medicine and cash, in addition to the sufferer’s telephone and rifle.

Duron advised detectives that the departing Lyft automobile took them to the boyfriend’s grandmother’s house, the place his uncle helped burn their clothes and get rid of different proof. Duron was allowed to go house after her voluntary interview.

Eyewitness News reached out to Fiamahn’s mom, who declined to go on digital camera. She did point out that Duron, the boyfriend and Fiamahn had been all mates, and that she spoke with her son for the final time the weekend earlier than he was killed.

The mother additionally believes the boyfriend, whose identify is not talked about in Duron’s charging doc, had been eager to kill her son for some time.

ABC13 additionally acquired an announcement from Juan L. Guerra Jr., who’s a protection lawyer representing Duron.

“My client Victoria is a 17-year-old High School student that is a victim of circumstance. We ask the public to preserve judgment until the investigation is completed,” Guerra’s assertion learn.

Eyewitness News is working to get solutions from investigators concerning the opposite suspects on this case.

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