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Law&Crime Network published November 14, 2024: Bodycam: Man Gets Chopped Up After Meeting Date on Grindr.
Justie Stilwell was reported missing in September after meeting up with a man, later identified as Robert Tweedly, whom he matched with on Grindr. During their encounter, Tweedly allegedly killed Stilwell, chopped up his body, and then sprinkled his remains across a local river in Michigan. Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner breaks down the suspect’s shocking confession and bodycam footage from the incident.
WAFB9 News, Baton Rouge, LA local
written by WNEM Digital and Debra Worley
Monday October 14, 2024
BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM/Gray News) – A man in Michigan was murdered and dismembered after meeting his accused killer through a dating app, according to court records.
During an arraignment, the prosecution told the court that 40-year-old Robert Tweedly Jr. admitted to his involvement in the murder of Justie Stilwell.
Details revealed in a probable cause hearing in September said Stilwell met Tweedly through the dating app Grindr.
Tweedly told police Stilwell came to his house on Sept. 14 but wanted to leave shortly after. The 40-year-old is accused of pushing Stilwell down his basement stairs and strangling him to death.
After failing to move his body upstairs, Tweedly allegedly went to the Walmart to buy a rope, which did not help, court records said.
According to court records, Tweedly said he went to Walmart the next day to buy an axe and bags to dismember Stilwell’s body.
He claims he dumped Stilwell’s legs and arms in the Saginaw River and put his head and torso near the boat launch, court records state.
Tweedly was arrested at a home in Bay City on Sept. 25 and was charged on Sept. 27 with open murder, disinterment and mutilation of a body.
WNEM TV5 published September 26, 2024: Suspect in gruesome Bay City murder case to be arraigned.
The man accused of dismembering 41-year-old Justie Stilwell in Bay City will be officially charged in his death on Friday, Sept. 27.
WNEM TV5 published September 27, 2024: Bay City man charged with open murder in Justie Stilwell case. A Bay City man has been arraigned and charged for the alleged murder of a man whose remains were found near a boat launch on Sept. 18.
Newsweek
written by Matthew Impelli
Friday October 4, 2024
A Michigan man was charged this week with the killing and dismembering of a janitor he met on Grindr, the dating application.
Justie Stilwell, a 41-year-old janitor at T.L. Handy Middle School in Bay City, was reported missing on September 18. That same day, a teenage girl discovered a foot in the Saginaw River, leading police to recover Stilwell's arms and lower legs from the water.
Court documents obtained by the Michigan media outlet MLive reveal that detectives reviewed surveillance footage from Stilwell's neighbors, which showed him driving away from his Bay City home on the evening of September 14. Investigators then used data from the Grindr app to track Stilwell's movements, discovering he had arranged to meet a user with the handle "Bored."
According to MLive, Bay City Public Safety Sgt. Nate Kamp spoke about the case before Bay County District Judge Mark E. Janer where he revealed that Stilwell did not show up for work at the T.L. Handy Middle School for two consecutive days, prompting concern from his family.
Investigators were then able to track the user "Bored's" location to a Bay City home owned by 40-year-old Robert Tweedly.
The court documents obtained by MLive revealed that Tweedly told investigators that Stilwell came to his home, but when Stilwell tried to leave, Tweedly pushed him down the basement stairs. He then admitted to strangling Stilwell to death, the documents said.
According to the court documents, Tweedly told investigators that Stilwell's body was too heavy to carry up the stairs of his home, so he cut it into pieces. Prior to dismembering the body, Tweedly told investigators that he traveled to a local Walmart to purchase a rope, which he thought would help him move the body, MLive reported.
Tweedly admitted to discarding Stilwell's legs and arms in the river and dumping his head and torso in a nature preserve, according to court documents. Police later recovered those remains at the preserve.
Tweedly was arraigned on September 27, facing charges of murder and mutilation of a body. He is currently in custody on a $1 million bond, MLive reported.
His attorney, James Piazza, told MLive.com that while he had met with his client, he was still waiting for prosecutors to provide evidence and had no further comment on the case.
Stilwell would have turned 42 on Monday. Live reported that his obituary said he "enjoyed the peace of nature and enjoyed time spent outdoors, especially up north in Mackinaw City.
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