An Arkansas man is behind bars after he allegedly choked a woman to death in a Fayetteville homeless center during a dispute.
Michael Alexander Thomas, 33, claimed that he only was trying to put Sonia Corbin on a “citizen’s arrest” when she died on February 17.
“The female attempted to escape Michael’s rear chokehold, but Michael held the female on the ground,” police said describing surveillance footage.
“The female violently kicked her feet but slowly stopped kicking as her body became motionless,”
“Michael stood up and briefly stood over the female’s body. Michael grabbed a nearby brown jacket and removed a smoking pipe from the jacket.”
“After smoking from the pipe, Michael stood over the female’s body, put his hands together, and bowed. Approximately 4 minutes later, Michael grabbed a nearby blanket and covered the female.”
Michael said the 37-year-old victim was “acting erratic so he placed her in a ‘rear naked chokehold’ to ‘citizen’s arrest’ her.”
He added that he did not have a cellphone to call 911.
