Quinton V. Tellis was indicted on one count of second-degree murder Friday in Ouachita Parish in connection with the 2015 death of Ming-Chen Hsiao.

Tellis next will appear in court for an arraignment hearing. Randall Donald was assigned by the court to serve as Tellis' attorney on May 13.

Assistant District Attorney Geary Aycock is serving as lead prosecutor for the case.

Tellis returned to Ouachita Parish in February after completing a sentence for one count of unauthorized use of a debit card belonging to Hsiao, a Monroe woman stabbed to death in Aug. 2015. He is now accused of murdering her.

Hsiao was a recent graduate of the University of Louisiana Monroe at the time of her death and was killed in a small apartment near the campus.

In May 2016, Tellis entered a guilty plea to the card charge in 4th Judicial District Court. He received a 10-year sentence as a habitual offender.

Tellis was shipped to Angola on Oct. 5 following a mistrial on capital murder charges connected to the burning death of Jessica Chambers, 19, in Panola County, Mississippi in 2014.

Updated warrants filed in 4th Judicial District Court indicate Monroe Police Department Detective Duane Cookson is continuing to search out new evidence to present for a murder case.

Cookson testified about Hsiao's death and debit card usage in pretrial hearings for Tellis' 2016 court case and filed the first-degree murder warrant for Tellis.

In a search warrant filed Jan. 24, Cookson asked Chase Bank for all records connected to Hsiao's checking and savings account, including records detailing precise information regarding purchases, ATM usage and telephone inquiries.

Specifically highlighted is a request for the four-digit PIN number connected to Hsiao's debit card.

Hsiao died the evening of July 29, 2015 after being stabbed more than 30 times. Police believe superficial cuts and slices were used to inflict pain until she provided her PIN number.

A new detail provided in the warrant states that Tellis' phone records indicate he dialed a four-digit number between two calls made to Chase Bank's 1-800 number.

"Investigators are seeking complete banking records related (to) Hsiao's Chase Bank accounts and her Chase debit card PIN to further the homicide investigation in preparation for trial," the warrant states.

It also notes Chase complied with early search warrants in the case, but the warrants only requested information from July 1, 2015 to Aug. 18, 2015.

Tellis and murder charges in Monroe

Detectives believe Hsiao died between 5:22 p.m. and 8:16 p.m.

Two times at 8:16 p.m., Hsiao's phone dialed the Chase Bank number on the back of her debit card and hung up before the call was answered. At 8:16 and 8:18 p.m., Quinton Tellis' phone dialed the same number, and the debit card number and PIN were entered.

According to Tellis' murder warrant, GPS records indicate Tellis' phone plotted within 60 meters of Hsiao's apartment at the time of the calls.

"...He (Tellis) tortured and robbed Ming-Chen Hsiao of her Chase Bank debit card, from which he had a substantial financial gain," the warrant states. "After gaining possession of the debit card, he brutally murdered her by repeatedly stabbing her and letting her body rot and decompose until being discovered."

Tellis pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized use of an access (debit) card May 12, 2016 immediately before a jury trial was scheduled to begin on the charge and one count possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute.

The basis for the plea states that on Aug. 18-19, Tellis took an access card belonging to Hsiao and used it without authorization to withdraw at least $1,000.

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