Tatianna Diz, 20, of Asheville, North Carolina, was found dead in the French Broad River on October 27, 2015. Members of the Asheville Fire Department and the Henderson County Technical Rescue Team recovered her body. The Asheville Police Department confirmed Diz and another woman, Alexandra King, had been missing since the evening of October 27 and were last seen leaving their residence with Pierre Lamont Griffin II, 22.

An autopsy found Diz died from a gunshot wound to the back of her head with a bullet recovered from her skull; she also had bruises on her left knee and around her calf and the shin of her right leg. Toxicology for Diz was normal. Police say both women were shot in the head, suffered other bruising, and their bodies were then dumped in the river.

Authorities charged Griffin with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of destroying a body or remains concealing an unnatural death, and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Investigators say Griffin assaulted the women, took King’s 1988 Volkswagen Jetta, and was armed with a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver; after leaving the river he is accused of killing another man and fleeing in a different vehicle before being captured. Anyone with information about Diz or King is asked to come forward.