A maintenance worker saw what he thought was a mannequin sticking out of a bush on a frontage road.
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It wasnt a mannequin.
Alexis Sharkey
It was the nude body of a 26-year-old woman named Alexis Sharkey.
An autopsy later showed that the cause of death was strangulation.
Sharkey was an aspiring Instagram mentor (a title she preferred to influencer) with 20k followers.
She got a degree from the University of Pittsburgh and relocated to Texas after graduation.
The two fell in love and traveled together before settling in Houston.
During this time Alexis got involved with theMonat MLM,a pyramid scheme.
The Sharkeys documented their lives extensively on social media and married in December 2019.
Alexis and Tom lived together in an apartment just a few miles away from where her body was found.
Alexis was last seen in the early morning hours of Black Friday, November 27, 2020.
They also made plans to spend Christmas together.
Alexis celebrated Thanksgiving with her girlfriends at her friend Tanya Ricardos house and stayed until midnight.
Alexis then met up with aHouston DJ named Sebastianshe met earlier that month in Tulum.
They went to a bar until 3am.
It was a big sales day for Monat, and Alexis should have been posting about sales.
Her friends were busy so no plans were made.
The man sayshe felt this call was off.
The story Tom told the man was also different than what he told police.
For instance, he told them Alexis left in her running shoes.
Alexis friends called her mother, who had already heard that she was missing from Tom.
Her friends then called police and filed a missing persons report.
Other friendshadheard a lot about Tom, and it wasnt good.
They said Alexis told them Tom was abusive andliked to strangle her for fun.
Police discovered the couple was dividing their financial assets, possibly in preparation for a divorce.
I know what my life was with my wife.
Burrow also stated the investigation revealed Tom abused Alexis and that they were planning to divorce.
Statistics show that themost dangerous time in an abusive relationshipis when the abused person tries to leave their abuser.
