Inset: Cristopher Covington-Smith (Abilene Police Department). Background: A section of the 1800 block of Corsicana Avenue in Abilene, Tex. (Google Maps).
In Texas, a man stands accused of deliberately striking a woman with her own SUV, abandoning her body by the roadside, and then leaving the bloodied vehicle at a nearby property.
The Abilene Police Department has charged Cristopher Covington-Smith with first-degree murder in the fatal incident involving 31-year-old Corrisa Trowbridge. It is reported that the two had a history of domestic issues prior to this tragic event.
According to court documents assessed by local ABC affiliate KTXS, on March 12, Covington-Smith and Trowbridge engaged in a heated argument. Surveillance footage later captured the suspect allegedly reversing, speeding up, and striking Trowbridge with her 2016 white Ford Expedition.
Officers from the Abilene Police Department responded to a hit-and-run report at around 4 a.m. in the 1800 block of Corsicana Avenue. Upon arrival, they discovered Trowbridge deceased by the side of the road.
Investigators noted crash debris at the scene, and the injuries sustained by Trowbridge were consistent with being struck by a vehicle. Nearby, authorities located the damaged SUV, which was missing a side mirror and contained what appeared to be blood evidence.
Covington-Smith was identified as the primary suspect, prompting a search for his whereabouts. The subsequent day, police apprehended his father, Shannon Dwayne Covington, and brother, Anton Demarcus Covington, charging them both with third-degree felony offenses for hindering the arrest or prosecution of a known felon.
Authorities alleged the defendant’s father and brother were “helping to conceal” their relative.
Covington-Smith was arrested later the same day in Fort Worth, Texas, with the help of the U.S. Marshals.
He will be extradited some 150 miles back west to Abilene, located in the central part of The Lone Star State.
