A Navy veteran who was once touted by Donald Trump as a #MeToo ‘victim’ has been accused of murdering his girlfriend and beheading her with an electric saw.
Joseph Roberts, 42, was arrested on September 7 following the shocking death of his girlfriend Rachel Imani Buckner.
The recent law school grad’s body was found dismembered along the coastline of California‘s Alameda Country, The Messenger reports.
Her remains had been wrapped in plastic with duct tape which is where Robert’s DNA was allegedly discovered.
‘Joseph’s DNA was on the tape that wrapped her body, which meant he was aware she was dead, he was aware she was dismembered,’ detective Robert Hansen says.
Joseph Roberts, 42, was arrested on September 7 following the shocking murder of his girlfriend
Rachel Imani Buckner was found wrapped in plastic and duct tape
‘He took an active role in wrapping her body, concealing it in plastic garbage bags.’
After spending time serving in the Navy, Roberts was once on track to become the first person in his family to receive a college diploma.
But in 2013, he was suspended from Savannah State University after being accused of online verbal and sexual harassment.
Roberts denied the allegations and went on to claim he was ‘denied due process’.
He shared his story with Betsy DeVos, the former president’s Secretary of Education, as part of a series of listening sessions on the Title IX guidelines around sexual harassment on college grounds.
Roberts said at the time it meant a ‘big deal’ to him to be able to speak out.
‘Not just because of the situation, just because of where I was at in that stage of my recovery from this,’ Roberts said.
‘The only thing I could do is present my story. I just hope and pray that she listens.’
In an episode of ABC’s Nightline, Roberts shared his frustration at being treated in a way he perceived to be unfair.
He later returned to Savannah, Georgia, where he had been studying and spoke of the fear he held for ever stepping back on campus after being abruptly kicked out.
Roberts shared his story with Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Secretary of Education, as part of a series of listening sessions on the Title IX guidelines around sexual harassment on college grounds
The recent law school grad’s body was found dismembered along the coastline of California ‘s Alameda Country
‘An email came from the Office of Student Affairs. You are hereby summarily suspended and if you step foot on campus, you get the threat of expulsion and arrest.
‘A couple minutes later, there was a campus-wide email alert with — my picture was almost like a mug shot: “If you see me — immediately report to Public Safety”.’
In sharing his experience on YouTube’s The Exceptional Conservative Show, he relived what it was like to be marched off campus after two female students complained.
Roberts, who left the school just three weeks before graduation, claimed they statements made about him were ‘total lies’.
‘They said things like they were afraid for their lives.’
He said the events nearly cost him his life after it all got too much.
‘I woke up not responsive, surrounded by EMTs and firefighters with an empty bottle of alcohol and a bottle of pills… suicide attempt. That was the worst,’ he said.
He eventually completed his studies online and enrolled in law school.
Roberts is yet to enter a plea on his murder case and is currently being held in Santa Rita County Jail without bail.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
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