Friend says he called police on man facing charges after woman tortured, beaten

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Jacksonville constabulary accidental 30-year-old Chelsea Thompson died aft being hospitalized

Henry Lannon II (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Editor’s note: This communicative contains details that immoderate volition find graphic. Discretion is advised.

A 37-year-old antheral has been arrested aft constabulary say a Jacksonville pistillate was beaten and tortured, and aboriginal died from her injuries.

Henry Lannon II is held successful the Duval County jailhouse without bond. Relatives identified the pistillate arsenic 30-year-old Chelsea Nicole Thompson.

According to Lannon’s apprehension warrant, an older pistillate who brought the 30-year-old to a occurrence presumption said the 30-year-old had been arguing passim the time with Lannon.

According to JSO, erstwhile constabulary confiscated the older woman’s phone, they learned Lannon had gone to a friend’s location successful St. Marys. Police determination went to the location and talked to the person there.

According to the warrant, helium said Lannon had been staying with him and Lannon told him that helium “he killed a miss successful Jacksonville” and “needed to pain immoderate stuff.” Police said a pain heap was observed successful the friend’s backyard.

On Friday, News4JAX spoke with the person interviewed by police, who asked not to beryllium identified, saying he’d already received a menace from someone.

“I said, ‘What’s up? What’s going connected with you?’ He said helium messed up and helium needed to pain immoderate stuff,’” the person recalled.

The person says helium figured Lannon whitethorn person gotten into immoderate trouble, but thing serious, truthful helium granted Lannon’s petition to pain thing successful the backmost gait without asking him what helium needed to pain and why. He says astatine first, Lannon ne'er mentioned thing astir physically harming anyone, but arsenic clip went by, helium says Lannon told him astir a carnal confrontation.

“He said, ‘Man, I deliberation I mightiness person killed a girl.’ I said, ‘Henry, you’re not a killer. You didn’t termination anyone.’ Then helium went into details astir it,” the person recalled.

The person told constabulary that Lannon said helium tied up the 30-year-old, waterboarded her, smothered her with a pillow and deed her, according to the apprehension warrant. The warrant states the person told constabulary that Lannon said helium wanted her to unopen up, truthful helium “tortured her” and that “the miss begged for her life.”

“I didn’t cognize what to believe,” the person said.

Days later, helium said, helium began to judge Lannon’s communicative and that Lannon started to enactment adjacent much suspicious aft uncovering retired Thompson was being taken disconnected of beingness support.

So, the person said, helium called St. Mary’s police.

“I said helium whitethorn beryllium wanted successful transportation to a homicide. I’m not certain, but said helium says helium whitethorn person killed someone,” the person recalled.

Days later, a warrant retired of Jacksonville was issued for Lannon’s arrest. The U.S. marshals were alerted and they recovered Lannon connected Nov. 23 astatine a edifice connected Salisbury Road, according to an apprehension report.

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