DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A judge has denied bond for a man accused of killing a 25-year-old woman and leaving her body underneath a parking lot staircase.
Ja'Keivious Arnold, 24, faced a DeKalb County judge Friday. The family and loved ones of Mitchel T. Dang, the woman Arnold is accused of killing, filled the courtroom.
Arnold was arrested in Chamblee last month.
Police said they responded to a call at around 7 a.m. on Aug. 30 regarding an injured person in a parking lot located on 75 Martin Luther Jr. Drive near Underground Atlanta. A parking lot attendant reported smelling something foul and followed the scent to a staircase, where he found Dang's decomposing body, an Atlanta Police Department homicide investigator said in court Friday.
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The investigator said all of her clothes had been removed. She had on some jewelry and a wristband that said Alley Cat tipped off authorities to where she may have been. Authorities said she was nearly unrecognizable due to her decomposed state.
Dang last told her family on Aug. 26 that she was meeting up with friends at Alley Cat Atlanta off Lower Alabama Street in downtown. The venue describes itself as "Atlanta's home for house and techno music parties." She didn't return home that night.
According to Dang's family, detectives have described it as a stranger-on-stranger crime.
"She could be anybody, she could be anybody's daughter, sister, walking the streets and it could just happen," Dang's sister Mary previously told 11Alive.
In warrants, Arnold is accused of stealing Dang's cell phone. Records also allege that Arnold abducted Dang and held her against her will. APD said in court Friday that Arnold likely used Dang's debit card for purchases.
The judge Friday said she did believe there is probable cause for the nine charges Arnold is facing. He is accused of murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, aggravated sexual battery, necrophilia, robbery card theft and kidnapping.