Roanoke Times reports. His teeth had also been knocked out.His body was discovered the following day, and Ismemen David Etute, 18, of Virginia Beach was arrested June 2.
Etute is charged with second-degree murder.Etute appeared in Montgomery County General District Court in Christiansburg Wednesday.
Prosecutor Jason Morgan, in arguing against Etute’s release on bond, testified that the defendant had met Smith for oral sex April 10, after the two had connected on Tinder.
Etute believed that the person he had hooked up with was a woman named Angie. He returned to Smith’s apartment May 31, realized Smith was a man, and flew into a rage.It isn’t clear from media reports why Etute thought Smith was a woman during the initial encounter.