Four People Charged in What Knoxville Police say is a Heinous Crime
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Four People Charged in What Knoxville Police say is a Heinous Crime

Posted on April 19, 2024

Four people are charged in connection to a Knoxville woman’s death in what police say was a heinous crime.

Knoxville Police say the four are charged in connection to 22-year-old Danishka Sibaja Mejia death at her home on Gilbert Lane in South Knoxville on April 5th.

Latawyne Osborne, his mother, Angela Greenburg, Marquis Ellis and Edward Wilson have been charged in the case.

Osborne, Ellis and Wilson were all indicted on first-degree murder among other charges. Greenburg faces tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact charges.

Mejia reported she had been sexually assault the day before her murder, naming Osborne as the assaulter, he is charged with her rape.

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