http://www.klastv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4276166Las Vegas Bodybuilders Sought in Woman's Murder
Dec 22, 2005, 02:45 PM CST
Husband and wife bodybuilders Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan are being sought in the slaying of a woman whose body was found last week in the trunk of a burned Jaguar sedan, authorities said. The suspects are champion bodybuilders who live in Las Vegas.
Metro police have not offered a motive for the murder or the name of the victim, who investigators think is a 28-year-old woman who apparently lived with Titus and Kelly in the southwest valley.
A trucker traveling from Pahrump to Las Vegas on Dec. 14 spotted a burned out car on the side of Sandy Valley Road near State Route 160. Police found the charred remains of the body in the trunk of the car.
Investigators were waiting DNA results before releasing the victim's name.
Police say Titus, 40, faces charges of murder and third-degree arson. Kelly, 33, faces charges of accessory to murder and third-degree arson.
A third suspect, 23-year-old Anthony Gross, was arrested Wednesday on charges of accessory to murder and third-degree arson. He was remanded to the Clark County Detention Center following his arrest. He is due to appear in court next week.
The 5-foot-9-inch, 250-pound Titus won titles at the June 1996 National Physique Committee USA Championships, and competed in Mr. Olympia events.
He pleaded guilty in Louisiana in April 1995 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute the party drug ecstasy, and served two years in jail for steroid-related offenses from 1997 to 1999.
Ryan is a past Fitness America and Fitness International winner and Fitness Olympia runner-up who worked as a loan officer for Silver State Mortgage in Las Vegas.
They married in June 2000, according to Clark County records.