The ex-boyfriend of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a recycling bin placed along a Wilmington street has been charged with her murder.
Idrees Merritt, 20, is accused of shooting Precious Hoskins and then disposing of her body in a trash receptacle along the 800 block of E. 22nd Street, police said. The 21-year-old's body was discovered Wednesday afternoon.
Merritt was taken into custody by SWAT officers on Thursday for questioning. His home on the 2100 block of Locust Street was searched.
Hoskins' mother, Mary Dunham, said Merritt allegedly abused her daughter over the course of the relationship.
Merritt is charged with Murder in the 1st Degree and related firearm offenses. He is being held without bail at the Howard Young Correctional Facility. It's not immediately clear if he's retained an attorney.
