Also those two should have read their history, if they had trashed the car with Melissa James's body in it in the drink in Chappaquidick, MA, they may have gotten away with it.
Posted on 12/24/2005 2:52:24 PM PST by Dane
Bodybuilders arrested in woman's slaying
Las Vegas couple apprehended outside Boston
By GLENN PUIT REVIEW-JOURNAL
Charged with murder in death of personal assistant
Charged with accessory to murder and third-degree arson
Two champion Las Vegas bodybuilders charged in the slaying of their personal assistant were apprehended Friday near Boston, bringing a quick end to a nationally publicized manhunt.
Craig Titus, 40, and Kelly Ryan, 33, were taken into custody by a team of federal agents and local officers in the parking lot of a shopping center anchored by a Shaw's supermarket, roughly 15 miles outside of Boston on state Route 138, said FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz. Advertisement
When officers swarmed the couple, Titus was inside his truck, a MUG root beer at his side. Ryan was inside a nail salon at the shopping center, Canton, Mass., Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz said at a Friday night news conference, according to the Boston Herald.
"He was inside his vehicle," Berkowitz said. "She had gone in, I believe, to get a manicure."
Since Tuesday, detectives from the Canton police force had been searching the area around Route 138 for signs of Titus' beige Dodge Ram truck, the police chief said. The Las Vegas arrest warrant stated that Titus had traded in his Dodge Viper truck for a beige one, and Friday, law enforcement officers spotted the new vehicle at the shopping center.
The husband and wife were arrested on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution at about 3:45 p.m. EST. The couple did not resist arrest.
"There was no violence," Las Vegas police Lt. Tom Monahan said. "I'm pleased they are in custody."
According to Las Vegas police reports, Gregory Ruiz, one of Titus' friends, previously had told police that Titus was headed to Boston.
"Titus said he intended to go to Boston where he would meet another bodybuilder friend who could help him liquidate his assets and get to a non-extraditable country," a police report states.
Both Titus and Ryan are bodybuilding champions who have appeared on the covers of numerous national magazines. Titus is a past place-winner of the international Mr. Olympia competitions, and Ryan is a past Ms. Fitness America and Ms. Olympia runner-up.
Titus is charged with murder in the death of his personal assistant, Melissa James, 28. The woman was found strangled and burned in the back of Ryan's torched red Jaguar on Dec. 14, off state Route 160.
Ryan and a bodybuilding friend named Anthony R. Gross, 23, are charged with accessory to murder and third-degree arson amid allegations they helped Titus dispose of the body.
James, police said, was living with Titus and Ryan. During interviews with police, Titus admitted he was having an affair with the younger woman. Titus told authorities his wife didn't know about the affair.
Titus and Ryan subsequently told police that they'd discovered James was stealing from them and kicked her out of their house in southwest Las Vegas. They'd also claimed James had stolen Ryan's car, but neither allegation was reported to police until after James' body was found.
Police interviewed multiple witnesses, and Amanda Polk, a young bodybuilder who had moved to Las Vegas to train with Ryan, said Titus told her on Dec. 15 that he was "in a bad situation (and) needed to get out of town for a while."
Ryan told Polk that "her life was ruined" because she bought seven bottles of lighter fluid at Wal-Mart with her credit card. Ryan also had claimed James died of an overdose, but when Polk questioned why the couple didn't simply call the police if the death was an overdose, Ryan said Titus told her: "No body, no crime."
The arrest of Titus and Ryan is the second time in recent years that a much sought-after fugitive hunt has ended in a Boston suburb.
In November 1999, slaying suspect Margaret Rudin was apprehended in Revere, Mass., after spending two years on the lam in the slaying of her husband, Ron.
She was later convicted of the slaying and sentenced to life in prison.
Titus and Ryan were in the custody of the Canton Police Department on Friday evening, and they were being interviewed. An extradition hearing next week is likely, though no formal date had been set.
Monahan said he was fielding calls about the case from all over the nation, including ones from "Good Morning America" and MSNBC.
Also those two should have read their history, if they had trashed the car with Melissa James's body in it in the drink in Chappaquidick, MA, they may have gotten away with it.
And, Why do You say that?
'Roid rage.
Geez, top left picture. Looks like someone pasted on that head. He should have used PROtan on his face too so it would match.
On the plus side, they'll have plenty of time to work on their bodybuidling in prison.
Bodybuilders know the importance of stretching and working out before a slaying.
It worked out so well for Tookie.
Geesh look at that pic. HE got that way through good nutrition and proper exercise. We all can do it.
Seems like murder never takes a holiday.
Speaking of which, God bless all our cops, firemen, and EMT's who are working on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Hear, hear, they more than well deserve it, despite the constant berating they get from the mainstream media.
Unfortunately, Melissa James's family is not laughing now nor are they having a joyous Christmas.
Oh look, a picture of teddie the drunk before he gained the 499 lbs.
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This first photo looks photoshopped. The head doesn't look right.
"Geez, top left picture. Looks like someone pasted on that head. He should have used PROtan on his face too so it would match."
I was thinking the same thing. Look at the woman's nose in the two pictures, doesn't look the same.
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