Man, 24, indicted on murder charge in February slaying of 26-year-old Arlington mother
A Tarrant County grand jury has indicted a 24-year-old man accused of murdering a 26-year-old mother of two in February, according to a news release from the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office.
Valerian Osteen, of Fort Worth, was indicted on a charge of capital murder in the death of Marissa Grimes of Arlington. Osteen was also indicted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful restraint/exposure to serious bodily injury related to a Jan. 9 incident, according to the release.
Osteen had been released from the Tarrant County Jail on a combined $15,000 bond on two domestic violence charges against the same victim in early January.
Grimes went missing from her Arlington home in mid-February after Osteen’s release on bond.
Police in February said they found evidence that suggested Grimes was dead around or inside the house where Osteen lived, which led to a search warrant.
Her body was found underneath the pier-and-beam house.