CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two people charged in connection with the deadly shooting of a transgender woman surrendered to police on Monday hours after they were charged in the death.

Michael Cole, also known as Michelle Cole, 29, and Heidi Krudy, 30, both of Bedford, turned themselves in to Cleveland police on Monday. They are charged with aggravated murder in the death of 32-year-old Brandi Bledsoe.

Krudy and Cole -- who police said does not exclusively identify as a man or a woman -- are expected to make their first court appearance on Tuesday.

Cole and Krudy were a couple at the time of Bledsoe's death, police said. Cole also knew Bledsoe. Police have not yet released a motive for the slaying.

Bledsoe, 32, was found dead Oct. 8. 2016 in the driveway behind a home on Drexel Avenue, near East 108th Street. Her body had been dumped there, court records say. She was wearing only underwear and had white plastic bags covering her head and both hands, according to police reports.

A 5-year-old boy discovered her body while riding bikes with his 12-year-old brother.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner later ruled that she died of a gunshot wound to her chest.

Her death marks the fourth transgender woman killed in the Cleveland area since 2012.

Bledsoe grew up in Nebraska and moved to Cleveland several years before her death. She worked at Home Depot and was an artist who specialized in animation, family members said.

Cole has prior felony convictions in Cook County, Illinois for robbery, domestic battery and receiving stolen property. Cole served five years on probation in those cases. Cole was also convicted of drunken driving in Steuben County, Indiana in 2012. Cole was also convicted after he fled to Cleveland after the drunken driving charge.

Krudy's criminal history includes two convictions for crack cocaine possession in 2005 and one in 2008. She was also convicted of prostitution in 2006.

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