Missing Pregnant Woman’s Body Was Found Monday — and Man Believed to Be Boyfriend Is Arrested
- Sample is charged with capital murder and murder for allegedly killing Makayla Winston and their unborn baby, says March.
A man believed to be the boyfriend of the 21-year-old pregnant Mississippi woman who vanished last Thursday and was found dead on Monday has been arrested in connection with her disappearance, PEOPLE confirms.
Terrence K. Sample, 33, was arrested on Monday night after he turned himself in, Holmes County Sheriff Willie March tells PEOPLE.
“He and his lawyer came in last night,” says March.
Sample is charged with capital murder and murder for allegedly killing Makayla Winston and their unborn baby, says March.
He was booked into the Holmes-Humphreys County Regional Correctional Facility Monday night where he remains held. He has yet to appear in court and has not yet entered a plea.
March said that Sample told police he does not know Winston. “He denied being her boyfriend,” he says.
Her family members say they believe he was her boyfriend, the Clarion-Ledger reports.
Sample’s attorney Richard Carter said his client should be released if there are no charges, the Clarion-Ledger reports.
On Monday, Winston, was nine months pregnant and due to give birth to her baby on Thursday, was found dead on a deserted road about five miles from where her car was previously spotted, March previously told PEOPLE.
