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   A man accused of killing the mother of his son and dumping her body in the   
   trash now is charged with first-degree murder.   
      
   Taty’ana Cooks was reported missing March 21 when she didn't show up to get   
   her 1-year-old son, Beau, from daycare. Police say they quickly suspected   
   foul play.   
      
   Ring video from a neighbor allegedly shows Beau's father, Brendon White,   
   leaving Cooks’ apartment on Stevenson Court in Woodbridge, Virginia, with a   
   suitcase on the day she was reported missing.   
      
   In court Wednesday, police said Cooks’ body was stuffed into a suitcase   
   after White strangled her. He then tossed the suitcase in a dumpster and   
   drove Cooks’ car to Newport News while police and family searched for her in   
   the neighborhood.   
      
   "I had walked around the parking lot, you know, crying and stuff, but she   
   was in that dumpster I walked past, twice. Twice," said Cooks’ father,   
   Saquan Ir-Rahman.   
      
   After police learned Cooks’ body might be in the dumpster, they were able to   
   stop the trash truck before it unloaded at a landfill. Police said they   
   found Cooks’ body inside the suitcase while police in Newport News had   
   detained White for questioning.   
      
   White told police an argument with Cooks escalated. He claims she grabbed   
   his gun and pointed it at him, and he strangled her to stop her. He then   
   took his 8-month-old daughter, who was inside the apartment at the time of   
   the killing, to Newport News.   
      
   As Prince William County prosecutors outlined the chilling allegations   
   against White, he broke down crying in the courtroom. Ir-Rahman said he was   
   furious and disgusted White would show such emotion now.   
      
   Beau, the son White shares with Cooks, now lives with an aunt.   
      
   “Just to see the agony of what the son's going through in the middle of the   
   night, waking up, screaming," Ir-Rahman said.   
      
   The case against White goes to a grand jury Aug. 6. If the grand jury   
   certifies the charges, the case will be set for trial.   
      
   Ir-Rahman said he's glad Virginia no longer has the death penalty, but he   
   hopes White is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.   
      
   White has pleaded not guilty. His defense attorney made no argument on his   
   behalf at Tuesday's preliminary hearing.   
      
   https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/man-accused-of-   
   strangling-sons-mother-dumping-body-in-trash-charged-with-1st-degree-   
   murder/3661273/   
      
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