Murdered 'sugar daddy's' thumb used to access payment apps

Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., say two women used the severed thumb of a man they murdered to access payment apps and make purchases. WRC's Paul Wagner reports.
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#WashingtonDC #SugarDaddy #Crime

[@PaulTierney-nb3qe]

You think this is crazy? I saw a KZbin video of a woman pushing her deceased relative into a bank so he could make a withdrawal

[@seeharvester]

lol

[@woke9969]

Wt😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@lovergworl_]

I saw that too 😭

[@lindatohara6438]

To me this is actually more disturbing she cut off his thumb that is nasty!

[@woodstocknation1961]

That is morbid

[@DudeSweet072]

As rule of thumb, dont be a sugar daddy.

[@metoo6599]

I should not be laughing at this 😮😅

[@Bigbadmilf]

😂😂 he knew exactly what he was getting into

[@mrtee3477]

Avoid picking up someone in the hood; she probably has a boyfriend who is a thug.

[@brandisuperstar]

Two bums and a thumb.

[@Mikdeelow]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@InTheGame21]

Yup that’s enough internet for me today 😅

[@bboss7874]

🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@AP90x]

19? More like 39

[@seeharvester]

Hard knock life.

[@ec4221]

Black does crack!!!😂😂😂😂

[@shawnjackson9337]

@@Byrvurra😂😂

[@brandisuperstar]

2 bums

[@edmundgonzalez8731]

I think they meant her weight in stones. 19 stone is, well a lot...

[@tuanivando9634]

If he is a Sugar Daddy and he picked these two? I m sorry. He can get that for free.

[@brandisuperstar]

I don't think anyone would want them for free either.

[@Zee-ob1pe]

He wasn’t attractive . Neither were they. These men pay for youth . Most sugar baby’s aren’t attractive without make up and enhancements anyway

[@KB-kp2oz]

I found the bot comment

[@MarkJones-dc3lk]

@@KB-kp2ozlmao right, pure ignorance.

[@sbtig9637]

You are the bot...or npc​@@KB-kp2oz

[@justint4069]

They just walked in and out of a murdered man’s apartment on camera over and over ? I get so anxious I turn the music off if a cop is driving behind me. Talk about care-free.

[@rm6330]

anxious much

[@hazybeatz1327]

What are you hiding then if you are so anxious?

[@Group_Anonymous]

They walked around with his severed thumb to buy liquor with mobile payment on his phone👍

[@justint4069]

@@hazybeatz1327 sounds like a question a cop would ask

[@itwasaliens]

​@@hazybeatz1327 Don't need to be hiding anything to get spooked by cops.

[@rickyli5455]

My thumb has $2 in checking and .97 in savings

[@The.Dopest.Ethiopian]

😂😂😂

[@smrk2452]

For real

[@genevaj6469]

Me too 😢

[@brandisuperstar]

Use my thumb and the joke's on you! 😂😂

[@silentmajority8365]

I knew it was just a matter of time before 13% would be lopping of thumbs for crime Was really stupid to start this thumbprint sign in thing

[@Al-isthatyou]

Don't even know what to say about this one.

[@heyletitgo]

How bizarre is all I have to say

[@maverick792]

You say Money rules.

[@Denvermorgan2000]

It was only a matter of time unfortunately until our thumb is worth more than us.

[@user-rg8tm3px9y]

Vicious

[@dustinmiller2775]

Thumbs up?

[@JohnnySin-cp7fz]

NEVER set your phones to unlock with finger prints. Let them work to earn what you have even when you're dead. Don't be lazy, punch in those codes instead.

[@desecration171]

I take it you haven't seen those videos of guys robbing people on sidewalks at gunpoint and forcing them to shut off their passcodes before taking their phones. A backup secondary always charged up is more important. You can call 911 on it and track the phone down later and/or remote erase the data before they can use it.

[@dizzleslaunsen2372]

@@desecration171why wouldn’t you just give the secondary phone to them?

[@desecration171]

@@dizzleslaunsen2372 Because your backup phone isn't typically going to be on you. Who walks around with two cellphones at all times? More importantly phone jackers tend to rob people who have their phones out. Yeah sure if some walks into a store robbing everyone in it then drop your drop-phone in his bag instead of your real one. A backup phone doesn't require service. You can dial 911 on it for emergency purposes. Its also good for recording while you use your normal phone to call police if you're witnessing a crime. Just keep it in your car.

[@4514rooster]

I have had my code stolen over my shoulder

[@jesseroel8362]

​@@dizzleslaunsen2372 cause they catch you when you're with your primary phone? You can use some imagination.

[@stephaniequintini49]

19 and 22????? Are you sure they are not 39 and 42?

[@cbrown610]

Just plain evil.

[@erasmoganceres4376]

This is human nature. Nothing evil about it

[@TheGentleNoir]

22? What kinda rough life are these girls living. She looks 35

[@cptfreeman8966]

Too much substance abuse

[@bogusyou13]

The life of the usual suspects and being the most unattractive

[@mariecampbell3373]

Yeah, she's got some mileage on her.

[@aftersexhighfives]

She look 40+

[@michaeljeffery7466]

Lol

[@Pilotpaulie]

So much for biometric security huh.

[@theastuteangler]

lol

[@bboss7874]

😂😂

[@juliejules7780]

That's why when my phone keeps asking me I say nope lol. You think I'm stupid? 😂

[@Quantum-Bullet]

@@juliejules7780 make sure no one can see the combination you type in.

[@Gsvzie]

Should have stuck with a passcode

[@Tough__Crowd]

Rule of thumb: Don’t relax

[@falcon4548]

Not around these type

[@phillipdavidhaskett7513]

No thun intended?

[@lindatohara6438]

How disturbing demons not ladies.

[@silentmajority8365]

No demons just blacktivity

[@MsJoeiKay]

​@silentmajority8365 false 🙄 evil isn't race specific. America was built on it. Those who enslaved others did much worse.

[@silentmajority8365]

MsJoeiKay Nobody a slave today and they have been free to leave for almost 200 years Why do they stay? for crime and to complain Look at the borders See any Blond guys crossing? Name one USA city where the streets are unsafe from Wguys

[@bogusyou13]

​@@MsJoeiKayYour hate and racism is showing while defending the evil one's 😈

[@notnoaintno5134]

​@@MsJoeiKay pretty much every civilization in history practiced slavery. These people got a lucky break and look what theyre doing with it

[@curlyhairdudeify]

19 and 22 years old looking like 40+ year old women...

[@microbios8586]

The reporter's serious tone makes the story so eerie. I feel sick. These women are demons.

[@butterblood]

This is a wild one. But no matter what you see or hear. Something worse always comes along. “Just when you think you’ve heard it all”

[@BlackSolutions7532]

She had stolen $ 1800 from you, and you were still dealing with her? This guy isn't very smart.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

Evil is as evil does.

[@Bunaoiudolimr]

Those are sugar babies he found at the back of the discount aisle of the 99 cent store 😂

[@jonstirling9169]

Somehow, I’m not surprised. It just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

[@CarolynForney]

This 53 year old wanted fun times with young girls. Doesn’t look like fun.

[@des4475]

He never wanted to be a sugar daddy, this was out of force and was pure theft and murder.

[@mxu111]

They also don't look young.

[@markusantonio4866]

@@mxu111😂 you’re the 10th person at least that has said that! It’s a hard knock life.

[@johnbeton4058]

Where is your thumb?? ​@@markusantonio4866

[@july9566]

19 and 22 !? These have definitely been partying and getting ran through since age 10 . They aged horrendously

[@ChineduOpara]

They look 40

[@naitjj1]

Every day I truly wonder how insane people are like who in the right head space or right mind will think it is okay to such these things, its crazy to say the least.

[@Itsmeagain828]

There are God's children, and there are satans children. Then there is the lost.

[@silentmajority8365]

Not insane just criminals

[@itwasaliens]

​@@Itsmeagain828No those 2 are God's children. All mankind is.

[@bobbobertson7568]

This is the the Wal-Mart version of $ugar Daddy, I mean look at those ladies

[@mariecampbell3373]

More like Dollar Tree

[@markusantonio4866]

Goodwill

[@DJ-ws6je]

If she has a sugar daddy, then anyone can have a sugar daddy.

[@DiabolikalFollikles]

True crime enthusiast. When thumbprints came out for apple phones, I imagined someone doing this. Never thought it would ever happen, but it did.

[@Silvestrico75]

The biggest crime is paying for those two atrocities. No way he was a sugar daddy.

[@BabyLemonTree1717]

Get a job, start your career and support yourself. This is just so sad.

[@chocobunny313]

The love of money will make ppl do some dark things...smdh

[@zeke5491]

Don’t use fingerprint ID

[@mh1970]

Anybody signing up to be a sugar daddy is setting themselves up for this. You think she's just gonna let you cut the sugar off? 😂

[@danielh3579]

Horrific story

[@DarkstarDarth]

Every married man is a sugar daddy, don’t believe it? Visit a family court and observe divorcé proceedings.

[@azureavocado5195]

And most married women/ live-in girlfriends are S3x workers. Same logic. Same reality.

[@notnoaintno5134]

Ya thats how i feel about it. No point in getting married unless youve got a lot of extra cash

[@PStewart28]

Sad but he brought this on himself.

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

So you're implying they were justified in dismembering him just because he got involved with shady characters. Highly likely they got a lot out of him as a sugar daddy when he was alive, they just got greedy; do we have no compassion for others' mistakes, showing empathy is not condoning the actions of the person.

[@PStewart28]

@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 I imply nothing. Sometimes you should judge the book by the cover to safeguard yourself. Sad he couldn't see what he was letting into his life.

[@LymphaticPhlegm]

@@PStewart28100% this, which is why I don’t deal with blacks and Muslims. Gotta be prepared.

[@heyletitgo]

😭😭😭😭 so bizarre.

[@woodstocknation1961]

That is morbid

[@Paul-ps8ho]

Thumbs down to this

[@AmandaTexas]

Stop using your phone for everything. I'm sorry that happened to that man. We've seen videos of people being robbed of their phones and being forced to enter passwords for these robbers to use the banking apps to rob them blind.

[@rebbybam230]

😮 worst fear

[@MegaBestoffer]

What kind of name is teklamaria...I can't even spell it right.

[@86417]

Ethiopian name 😂

[@conqueringlion420]

Business 101: Never truth a H

[@D22_T]

Money really is the root of all evil

[@virockorg]

Love of money is the root of all evil. Money helps. Loving it kills.

[@CTHR333]

Money only exposes that of which you are.

[@skidwarrior4025]

Money is power and power can be used for good or bad. Those who desire power are unfit to wield it.

[@pyootchnich]

Money isn’t the worst of all evils The LACK of money is the worst of all evils - Mark Twain

[@agmik4767]

Not money but the love of money

[@angryhd2976]

I think i’ll just stick with my lady. She ain’t went for my thumbs😅

[@user-yg1dg6xm2g]

Obviously, thumbprint technology is borderline useless.

[@dmotta2811]

He got ripped off! They are not even pretty

[@azureavocado5195]

He looked deformed be fr

[@noahboat580]

This is exactly what i expected with biometric security. Eventually people will be slicing retinas for sugar money

[@Honeymoon1988]

People are truly sick these days.

[@AliceSpeed-og7yg]

Imagine having to preserve a thumb so the finger prints stay in tact enough to be readable on a app😮

[@KimMarrero]

Greed how evil. Omg 😢

[@The_Manc]

Thumbs up to the police for solving this one

[@shawnjackson9337]

Can’t trust no one nowadays, especially the youth. Crazy crazy out here

[@silentmajority8365]

🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿👈🏿👈🏿

[@duckmercy11]

​@@silentmajority8365 Coward

[@duckmercy11]

​@@silentmajority8365 Reported you. Coward.

[@txmade4371]

And when could you ever trust someone?

[@strongislandhandyman5712]

Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing

[@silentmajority8365]

and the most useless group of all

[@duckmercy11]

Oppressed everyone, acknowledge nothing

[@strongislandhandyman5712]

@@duckmercy11 safer times, still crying

[@blueeyedowl317]

​@@duckmercy11100 of yall shot 21 are gone in one weekend in chicago alone YES by your own people,keep reducing your race,yall oppress yourselves. USA is so ppressive why dont you stains try another country,get out.

[@blueeyedowl317]

​@@duckmercy11You "stains" need to go to another country if its so oppressive here.Get out.See if you get leniency and use of the race card in another country

[@bitcoinbeavis7742]

This makes facial recognition very scary. How long till someone takes someone’s face?

[@missbearlockholmes]

I kinda wish you hadn't said that.

[@Maribeth01]

Some ice cold hearted people out there. Be smart y'll!

[@hteacave]

Did he expects the women to have feelings for him? He's past his prime. He's much older. No beautiful women would be with them because they "love" the men. Just treating them like an ATM that's all

[@hobear637]

If you have any sort of wealth be careful how you flaunt it. People don’t see envy, they see opportunity.

[@Nogoingback424]

Oh my gosh they are still in jail. I thought they would be out by now.

[@kyrenthang8633]

The short life of a simp.

[@leeyaferguson9019]

Gross.😮

[@user-ec8ld8lt2t]

It's stunning how desperate some guys are the fact that these two would be given more than a happy meal for their services is astounding

[@missdiligent]

I done heard it all.. now Unbelievable Wow

[@oaklandfan5262]

Evil

[@annatar6453]

Usual suspects

[@bigdapramirez6157]

Sugar daddy looks like he was ai generated

[@Moonflower6]

Thumbs down 👎 I don’t agree with this lady and her evil crimes

[@YourMsRightHere]

SeekingArrangement becomes SeekingDismemberment

[@user-np9sl8de8t]

Thumbs up on arresting them

[@kelsilulu]

I walk around looking poor all the time. I don’t even think the people I see when I’m walking even know I have a car. Looking like you don’t have any money has its benefits

[@notnoaintno5134]

Yep. Hard to get chicks attention, but looking like you have money will draw the wrong ones to you anyway

[@keijulkyl]

Someone should make up a word for an actor committing crimes leaving an obvious trail of clues as to their identity. And no, not the one we used to use.

[@suwaidajalal]

Well that's a group of words I never thought I'd read

[@ruthking9416]

TRUST NO ONE.❤💯🤞🏽🗣

[@No.Lola777]

Thank you Paul for reporting this as your words are clear, enunciated and in a casual tone. Excellent reporting.

[@John-A]

With faces like that, you'd have to pay me.

[@a.l9313]

Evil...

[@azureavocado5195]

Another “High Value Man”, I presume? 😂

[@georgerepper5926]

crazy how crime is built into their dna... they can't help themselves

[@bobbymoss6160]

Brother ewwwwwwwwwwww. Why would that thing have a sugar daddy in the first place? 🤔

[@KenRock2012]

These people are demons at this point.

[@robbiemiller5800]

I'll give this story a thumbs up

[@redhoode.n.y.6314]

Pure evil

[@nicolasrobacinni4831]

“Sugar daddy” was so ripped off by those suckers so he couldn’t upgrade his iPhone 7.

[@squirrelcovers6340]

People are worse than animals.

[@anuragchakraborty8766]

Modern problems require modern solutions

[@user-fb5pt7kw7l]

Typical suspect.

[@flynt1977]

She sounds like a great catch.

[@j562gee0hdeewestsdegethemuLa]

Instead of cutting his thumb off they could have just removed the thumb protected settings..

[@krackerjack1233]

Didn’t even need to see the video to know the demographic

[@PeymanSultan-wn6iw]

Those are NOT sugar baby caliber. Not even close.

[@rickrollrizal2747]

Jeezas. The usual suspects?

[@billyyank5807]

Never use your thumb or face as security verification.

[@BluePizza-ts821]

He was dumb enough to keep dealing with her that a year later … wow

[@azureavocado5195]

Look at him. Didn’t appear too bright.

[@user-ey7mu2dz9c]

Probably refound her on a hookup app, was feeling spanky and said to himself, I got the thumbprint this time, she'll never get my money even if she gets my phone

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

That’s the sickest thing I’ve ever heard.

[@dormantmenace]

Man, just from the headline, you knew they would have a high abounts melanin in their system.

[@CliqueOverAnything]

Lol, what? Most sugar daddies and babies are probably white, Asian or Hispanic in that order lol.

[@Sean304005]

Horrible! 🤬🤬🤢

[@ElJuIcE6o2]

How disgusting!!!

[@bellladonna2071]

This has to be the most evil thing I've ever heard.

[@AnthonyWilliams-bp5mn]

Unfortunately I’ve heard worse

[@silentmajority8365]

Juneteenth

[@robertmarley8852]

Look up Thomas Jefferson

[@durrrrl3435]

Ever heard of Jeffrey Dahmer?

[@ES11777]

Then you haven’t heard much in your life at all.

[@angelicsoulz]

Already knew they'd look like that. Any words from Dr. Umar?

[@TyrantsAlwaysPerish]

Bro yall can't get enough huh ... like YT folks don't have the same issues

[@SheeshDumaaaaa]

Usual suspects.

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

Saw this in a movie to counterfeit art " signatures ".

[@michaeljenkins5463]

james bond, demolition man, the list goes on

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Moral of this story: dont trust anyone.