A Texas man has been charged with manslaughter after confessing to choking his girlfriend to death while the pair were having sex, cops said.
Harris County sheriff’s deputies responded to an address in the 800 block of Ashland Boulevard in Channelview around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday for a medical emergency report.
Officers found 24-year-old DeJe Garett-Hillard lying unresponsive. She was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Deputies interviewed the victim’s boyfriend, 27-year-old Jaaron Thomas, who allegedly told them that the amorous couple were engaged in erotic asphyxiation when Garrett-Hillard became unresponsive.
Erotic asphyxiation refers to a sex act that involves intentionally cutting off air supply to the brain through choking to increase sexual arousal.
A criminal complaint obtained by The Post stated that Thomas “unlawfully” and “recklessly” caused his girlfriend’s death by “applying pressure to the neck and throat of DeJe Garett-Hillard with his hands and impeding her breath.”
Jaaron Thomas, 27, has been arrested on a manslaughter charge in the strangulation death of his girlfriend, DeJe Garrett-Hillard, during sex. Harris County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s deputies responded to an address in Houston early Tuesday to find the 24-year-old victim unresponsive. abc13
Thomas allegedly told cops that Garrett-Hillard became unresponsive during erotic asphyxiation. FOX 26 HoustonThomas was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with Garrett-Hillard’s death. He was ordered jailed on $40,000 bond, which he posted Thursday.
Before his release, prosecutors asked a judge to impose several bond conditions on Thomas, barring him from making contact with the victim’s family, possessing firearms, or consuming drugs or alcohol. Thomas is due back in court on May 17.
Harris County court records show that Thomas had been arrested in November 2021 on a charge of soliciting prostitution, which was ultimately dismissed.
