Body hidden before being dumped
A Kettering woman found stabbed to death in a trash bin was killed days before she was found and had been hidden in a closet and refrigerator, according to court records.
Sierra Woodfork, 24, was found wrapped in a blanket in the trash container behind apartments in the 500 block of Aberdeen Avenue Saturday.
A day after Woodfork was found, police searched her apartment in the same block and allegedly found blood throughout it. They also found a bloody knife, clothing and other items in the trash at the apartment, court documents read.
Police identified Terrel M. Ross, Woodfork’s “live-in boyfriend,” as their suspect.
Ross was found by Dayton
Police at the St. Vincent dePaul emergency shelter as he was in the process of checking in, officials said.
Ross has been charged with two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, three counts of tampering with evidence and a single count of gross abuse of a corpse. He’s scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning.
During an interview with Kettering Police, Ross admitted to stabbing Woodfork several times six days before her body was discovered by a Dumpster diver, according to Kettering court records.
Ross is accused of wrapping Woodfork’s body in a blanket and placing her in a closet while he continued to live in the apartment, court records read.
Terrel stated when Seirra’s body began to smell he moved her body to the refrigerator located in the kitchen,” police wrote in court documents.
According to records, Ross then told police he waited several days to throw her body in the trash container.
During the interview Terrel stated he wrapped Sierra’s body with two scarfs and two phone charger cords to secure the blanket around her,” records read. “Terrel admitted to cleaning the apartment and fridge with hot water and towels before discarding his clothing, items he used to clean up the blood, and the knife he used to kill her, in the trash can located behind the apartment.”
According to court documents, Terrel was arrested and charged in Montgomery
County in 2018 with domestic violence against a different woman. In that case, he was accused of banging a woman’s head against a wall and pleaded down to a disorderly conduct charge, according to records.
Ross remained in the Montgomery County Jail on Wednesday morning.