A Louisiana man is behind bars months after a teen he met online disappeared mysteriously on the way to his West Monroe home.
19-year-old Sheryl M. Turner told her family that she was going to visit 29-year-old Anthony Holland before leaving her New Iberia home on Dec. 31, 2023.
“As the days went by, we knew something was wrong,” Sheryl’s twin sister Sherry said.
On January 24, Sheryl’s body parts were found floating in the Ouachita River.
“Deputies recovered the body, and the remains were found to be only a torso. There was no head or extremities connected to the body,” West Monroe Police Department said.
“The remains were sent for an autopsy and the findings led to the case being listed as a homicide.”
Investigators recovered “forensic evidence of a crime violence” from Holland’s home and he admitted to killing Turner and dismembering her body.
“Holland stated he placed Turner’s dismembered remains into a body of water that fed into the Ouachita River.”
