MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 20-year-old man has been arrested after his 17-year-old girlfriend was found dead outside of his home near Miami Shores, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
Jail records show Dominique Domond was arrested Tuesday night on a second-degree murder charge.
According to an arrest report, deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office were called to Domond’s home in the 10700 block of Northeast Second Avenue shortly after 9 p.m. Monday in reference to an unresponsive female in the backyard.
Deputies said they arrived at the scene and a woman identified as Ms. Domond escorted them to the suspect, who then escorted them to the victim, identified as Janise Barthold.
Barthold was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:25 p.m.
According to the arrest report, Ms. Domond told deputies that the suspect told her that he and Barthold were involved in an argument, which escalated into a physical altercation, at which time he pushed his girlfriend from an elevated position out of the home via the back door.
She said Dominique Domond claimed that he had been attacked by Barthold and an unknown male.
But deputies said the suspect provided inconsistent and conflicting statements when he was questioned by detectives, and eventually admitted that no one else other than himself and Barthold were involved in the incident.
According to the arrest report, Domond confessed to choking the victim with his hands during the altercation and then picking up her lifeless body and “throwing it in the rear yard of the residence.”
Barthold’s brother showed up the scene after law enforcement arrived, desperate to know what happened to his sister.
“My sister was pronounced here -- nobody told me s*** -- nothing at all,” he said.
As of Wednesday morning, Domond was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center where his bond had yet to be set.