Odd couple arrested in violent rape, torture, murder of woman in Oak Ridge
On August 6, police in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, reported that they had arrested two suspects believed to be responsible for the violent kidnapping, torture, rape and murder of a woman that went down in the 300 block of East Fairview Road in Oak Ridge on Wednesday evening. Police were alerted to the possible homicide after receiving a call around 7:39 p.m. on August 5.
Members of the Oak Ridge Police Department’s (ORPD) Criminal Investigation Division working with the District Attorney General’s Office quickly identified the two suspects in that homicide.
According to WBIR, police identified the two suspects as Sean Finnegan, 52, and his 22-year-old girlfriend Rebecca Dishman.
By 4:26 a.m. Thursday morning, a search warrant was served at that East Fairview Road residence with assistance from ORPD SWAT.
A search of the home located the body of a 36-year-old woman who died from an apparent homicide. The victim’s identity is being withheld pending notification to the family.
Police records stated that Finnegan and Dishman managed to lure the female victim inside their home by promising her a place to stay.
Once at the home the two held the woman against her will, attacked her with a baseball bat, tortured, raped, deprived her of food and medical care, strangled her to death and left her broken body in a stand-up freezer, the warrants said. ~ ABC6 in Knoxville
Finnegan and Dishman are looking at charges of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. Finnegan is also being charged with aggravated rape and abuse of a corpse.
In addition to her murder charge, Dishman is also looking at charges that include aggravated sexual battery and tampering with evidence.
Both suspects remain in custody. The police investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with any information regarding this case is asked to call ORPD at (865) 425-4399. Tips can also be submitted anonymously online at http://oakridgetn.gov/department/ORPD/Home
(Cover Photos: Sean Finnegan and Rebecca Dishman, Image credits: Anderson County Jail)
(Source: ORPD)
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