MURDERED: Ashanti Billie

In September 2017, 19-year-old Ashanti Billie disappeared after arriving for work on a Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia. Eleven days later, her body was found more than 300 miles away in Charlotte, North Carolina.As investigators searched for answers, they uncovered surveillance footage, DNA evidence, and a suspect with an unbelievable connection to where Ashanti was found.This is the heartbreaking case of Ashanti Billie and how her family turned tragedy into a fight to help other missing adults.NOW AVAILABLE: CRIME WITH HOLLY PATREON!www.patreon.com/crimewithhollyEnjoy ad free for just $2 a month!Enjoying the show?  Here's a way to find out where else you can follow CrimeaHolly!https://linktr.ee/CrimeaHollyCrime with Holly Case Suggestion Form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGdPu4AWAoG_-cmznwcNxnNQlEyX9nxxOwZNZfqpprL3TaUQ/viewformResearch Genius behind this episode is the one and only Myrtle!Episode Sources:Criminal Compliant, United States District Court, filed November 7, 2017, https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/press-release/file/1009571/downloadCourt opinion Brown 2018 https://media.wavy.com/nxs-wavytv-media-us-east-1/document_dev/2018/11/30/Eric%20Brown%20memorandum%20opinion%20order_1543592969510_63664949_ver1.0.pdfCourt opinion Brown involuntary mediated 2019 https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-brown-2297Court opinion Brown mental incompetence 2020  https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/20-4017/20-4017-2020-08-14.htmlWUSA9 News, Landscaper finds body behind Charlotte church, could be missing VA woman, by Alex Shabad, September 29, 2017, https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/landscaper-finds-body-behind-charlotte-church-could-be-missing-va-woman/275-479675636WUSA9 News, Parents search for answers in Ashanti Billie murder case, by Marcella Robertson, October 19, 2017, updated October 20, 2017, https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/parents-search-for-answers-in-ashanti-billie-murder-case/484721891WTOP News, Volunteers find hair braids, clothing in search for missing Md. Woman, by Neal Augenstein, September 29, 2017, https://wtop.com/local/2017/09/clues-questions-search-missing-md-woman/WCNC.com, Report of Autopsy Examination, Ashanti Markaila Billie, Mecklenburg County M E Office, retrieved from https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/autopsy-ashanti-billies-death-caused-by-undetermined-trauma/275-496212001Missing Virginia Beach woman’s car found in Ocean View, The Virginian-Pilot, by Joanne Kimberlin, September 23, 2017, https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/article_69719538-8481-50f5-89dc-65a2d59f8553.htmlLIS Virginia Law, Code of Virginia § 18.2-347, 2021 updates, keeping, residing in, or frequenting a bawdy place; "bawdy place" defined; penalty, https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-347#:~:text=Morals%20and%20Decency-,%C2%A7%2018.2%2D347.,shall%20constitute%20a%20separate%20offenseCourt Opinion, US v. Eric Brown, No. 20-4017 (4th Cir. 2020), https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca4/20-4017/20-4017-2020-08-14.html‘It wasn’t as safe as we thought’: Ashanti Billie’s parents question Navy base security, WY Daily, Daily News for Southeast Virginia, November 9, 2017, https://wydaily.com/local-news/2017/11/09/ashanti-billies-parents-speak-out-about-their-daughters-murder-navy-base-security-nws/Bureau of Justice Assistance Fact Sheet National Ashanti Alert Network, March 2021, https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/National-Ashanti-Alert-Network-Fact-Sheet.pdfFamily of Ashanti Billie, local policymakers push for full implementation of alert system, WAVY10, by Julius Ayo and Madison Pearman, September 18, 2021, https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/family-of-ashanti-billie-local-policymakers-push-for-full-implementation-of-alert-system/Who is Eric Brown? Family that opened home to accused killer sheds light on past, 13NewsNow, by Regina Mobley, February 1, 2018, https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/who-is-eric-brown-family-that-opened-home-to-accused-killer-sheds-light-on-past/291-511309134