A Louisiana murder suspect has killed himself in jail two months after he was arrested over the murder of a Texas teacher he met on a dating app.
Charvas Thompson, 26, who was being held for 28-year-old Wendy Duan’s murder, died inside the Caddo Parish jail, police revealed Thursday, but they did not state when he was pronounced dead.
Police responded to reports of a shooting at 9.50pm on January 7 in the 1100 block of Oxford Mills Lane in Sugar Land, Texas, where they found Duan dead in her backyard.
Thompson, who she was dating, was arrested in connection to the murder on January 11 in Louisiana, more than 260 miles from the deadly shooting.
The two had met on the dating app MeetMe, according to Duan’s mother, who did not want to be identified.
Charvas Thompson (pictured right), 26, who was being held for the murder of 28-year-old Wendy Duan (pictured left), died inside the Caddo Parish jail, police revealed Thursday, but they did not state when he was pronounced dead
Thompson was arrested in connection to the murder, which took place in the 1100 block of Oxford Mills Lane in Sugar Land Texas, on Wednesday, in Louisiana, over 260 miles from the deadly shooting
She told KHOU11 that she had not been comfortable with the arrangement.
Speaking of the tragedy, she said: ‘It’s unbelievable. The guy is very evil. He took her life away. I hope this guy gets the full legal punishment.’
Duan was a third-grade language arts teacher with the Alief Independent School District and was named English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher of the Year in December 2021.
Charvas Thompson was arrested in connection to the murder on January 11 in Louisiana, more than 260 miles from the deadly shooting
According to her mother, Duan was dedicated to her job and put her students first.
In December 2021, Duan was named English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher of the Year, according to a post on her Facebook page.
‘I still can’t believe that I won ESL teacher of the year. The whole time I kept telling people that there’s no way that I would win,’ she wrote.
‘Especially going against other teachers who have been teaching way longer than I have. Thanks to the people who believed in me and voted for me!’
In a video on her Facebook account, the 28-year-old teacher can be seen marking papers for school.
In the post, Duan can be seen panning her mobile to a stack of paper she had left to mark over the weekend.
‘My a** has been procrastinating because I’m just not one of those teachers that grades throughout the week, so I wait last minute and their due tomorrow,’ she can be heard saying.
Duan was a third-grade language arts teacher with the Alief Independent School District and was named English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher of the Year in December 2021
On her Instagram profile, Duan wrote that she is a University of Houston Alumni and of Chinese-Vietnamese descent.
The profile included several pictures of the 28-year-old showing her day-to-day activities and hanging out with friends, as well as pictures of her car.
Some posts indicate that Duan was never short of date offers, with followers questioning her relationship status and some even asking her out.
In a video post on TikTok, Duan wrote ‘When you realize your Tinder guy can actually sing while doing drunk karaoke’ indicating that she had previously used other dating apps, prior to MeetMe.
Tributes flowed for the Texas teacher after the news of her death spread to family and friends. One person said that Duan loved to help her community posting pictures of her doing charity work
The person who Duan volunteered with wrote: ‘Sad to learn about one of our volunteers 29-year-old Wendy Duan being killed’
Tributes flowed for the Texas teacher after the news of her death spread to family and friends.
One person posted to Facebook: ‘The small moments I spent with her she was a force of light. You can just tell. I remember going to her home and see all the cards on her fridge from her students and the faculty members from her school.
‘She was and still loved by many people & my heart breaks that she lost her life. No one deserves that.’
It continued: ‘She was a kind soul, from what I knew of her and my heart breaks that none of her friends and family will ever be able to experience that again.’
On her Instagram profile, she wrote that she is a University of Houston Alumni and of Chinese-Vietnamese descent. The profile has several pictures of the 28-year-old showing her day-to-day activities and hanging out with friends, as well as pictures of her car
Some posts indicate that Duan was never short of date offers, with followers questioning her relationship status and some even asking her out
Another person who Duan volunteered with said: ‘Sad to learn about one of our volunteers 29-year-old Wendy Duan being killed.
‘She wanted to do some good deeds in the community, so she came out to volunteer with us. She was a very friendly, and soft-spoken person.
‘We all had a good genuine vibe about her. We had prayer with her…Wow you just never know what a person is going through. Our sincere condolences to her family.’
The Alief Independent School District wrote in a statement: ‘We are deeply saddened to learn about the tragic passing of Alief ISD employee Wendy Duan.
‘She was a third grade reading and writing teacher at Boone Elementary. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family during this difficult time.
‘She is a 2017 Graduate of the University of Houston and was on the Dean’s List in the College of Education from Fall 2015-2017 and is the HAABE (Houston Area Association of Bilingual Educators) 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year.’