Charge against Tyrell Dixey dropped

The charge against Tyrell Dixey for failing to report a dead body has been dropped.

Judge Rick Carnaroli, dismissed the charge in court Wednesday, after the prosecution failed to produce sufficient evidence in the case.

Dixey was being charged for not reporting the death of Lric Elkins on June 5, 2015. This comes after a charge against Dixey for the murder of Elkins was dropped earlier this year.

On June 5th, Police were called to a second-floor apartment on the 100 block of North Grant Street. An unidentified woman reported seeing a bathtub filled with blood and people searching for a tarp, a police report said.

In the report, police stated they found a man’s body wrapped in a dark-colored sheet and stuffed inside a plastic trash can in the corner of a bedroom. They identified the body as that of 24-year-old Lric Allen Elkins.

Two women were inside the apartment when this happened. They told police they saw both – Jesse Bruce and Tyrell Dixey – inside an apartment bathroom. The women said they thought the men were doing drugs, when they motioned for Elkins to join them.

Shortly after, the women said a fight broke out.

Jesse Bruce was charged with second degree murder. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 17th.