Updated: Wednesday, 08 Jul 2009, 12:36 AM EDT Published : Tuesday, 07 Jul 2009, 11:58 PM EDT
KELLY JOYCE | FOX 35 News
Suspect Alan Jett faces first degree murder charges. Police say he killed a woman, left her wrapped in blankets for days in his closet, then made his pre-teen son help him dump the body. Deputies say Jett's son told a friend about the dumping of the body, and when investigators talked to the boy, they found out much more.
According to a recently filed arrest affidavit obtained by FOX 35, the boy said he was with his father one night when Jett picked up a prostitute, Lashanda Brand, from the Parramore area. He says they all went back to Jett's apartment in the 7100 block of Forest City Road and the adults went into Jett's bedroom.
A little while later, the boy heard his father and Brand arguing about money. A short time later, the boy asked Jett where Brand was and was told the woman was sleeping. The boy told investigators he saw her lying on the bed, and thought then that the woman was dead.
The boy looked again the next day, and says he found Brand's body wrapped in blankets and duct tape in Jett's bedroom closet. The boy says he didn't say anything to his father and went to his summer-school classes. After school, the boy told Jett he knew the woman was dead, because he saw her body in the closet.
According to the affidavit, the next day, Jett told his son, "they need to get rid of the body," because it was starting to decompose and stink. Detectives say Jett asked his son to help load the woman's body into the back of his Chevrolet Tahoe.
They both got in the vehicle and dumped the body in a field. The boy led investigators to where they dumped the body. The boy took them to the same place off Forest City Road in Eatonville, where Brand's body was found June 22. There is still no word yet on how the she died.