Update: Lewes Man Charged with Murder

DSP News Release: Update: Lewes Man Charged with Murder

Location:

·        Dunbarton Apartments, Georgetown, DE

                               

Date of Occurrence:

·        Sunday, February 23, 2014, at approximately 3:00 a.m.

Victim:

• Cornelius J. Henry, 43 (no address available)

Defendant, Charges, and Bond Information:

• Teveya W. Brittingham, 24, Lewes, DE (Photo Attached)

Ø      Murder 1st

Arraigned at JP2 and held without bail at Sussex Correctional Institution.

Resume:

Georgetown- Delaware State Police Homicide Detectives have arrested a Lewes man in connection with the death of Cornelius Henry.

The investigation began shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Sunday February 23rd when members of the Georgetown Police Department responded to Dunbarton Apartments after receiving a report of an injured or dead male in the vestibule of one of the apartment buildings.  After officers and medical personnel located the male, he was pronounced dead at the scene.  Teveya W. Brittingham was taken into custody in a nearby apartment shortly after the officers arrived on scene.  Brittingham had a significant amount of blood on the lower portion of his pants and sneakers and a trail leading to the apartment he had entered began at the crime scene.  He was transported back to Troop 4 and later incarcerated at SCI due to a violation of probation as detectives continued to conduct interviews and contact witnesses.

The decedent was later identified as a 43-year-old Cornelius J. Henry.  His body was removed from the scene and turned over to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.  An autopsy was conducted on Monday and determined the manner of death to be homicide by blunt force trauma to the head and neck area.

After a thorough and comprehensive investigation encompassing numerous interviews and evidence collected at the crime scene, detectives were able to obtain a warrant for Teveya Brittingham's arrest on one count of Murder 1st.  He was arraigned this evening via video phone with JP2 and continues to be held at Sussex Correctional Institution without bail.

Detectives are continuing their investigation into this incident.