Austin Police arrested Andrew Alexander Cole in the grisly death of Melissa Davis, who was burned alive on the side of the road, according to court records.
Texas police arrested a suspect in the horrific death of a woman burned alive earlier this fall in an upscale suburb of Austin. Firefighters found Melissa Davis, 33, on fire on the side of Mesa Drive near Cat Mountain Drive Sept. 29 after responding to a 911 call reporting a grassfire near a resident's fence. Authorities arrested 45-year-old Andrew Alexander Cole Oct. 25 on one felony count of tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair for allegedly setting Davis on fire.
Davis had to be identified by her fingerprints. The charge comes after a weeks-long investigation into the baffling death of the University of North Texas graduate. Investigators reportedly connected Cole to the grisly crime through cellphone data and surveillance footage, although it wasn't clear how the pair knew each other, according to an affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.
Davis' mother told police the young woman regularly visited game rooms, but the nature of these rooms wasn't specified in the affidavit. A family member also told police that Davis said her phone was broken, and she was headed to the Apple store to get it fixed the day before she was found dead. The phone, however, was powered on between 7:07 p.m. and 9:57 p.m. Sept. 28 and pinged off a tower near the motel, according to police.
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