CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 28-year-old Cleveland woman whose body was left on Interstate 90 was killed for her clothes and jewelry after she and the accused killers were involved in a minor car accident, prosecutors said today.

Angel Bradley-Crockett was dressed nicely to spend the evening of April 4 with friends. She was driving her mother's car and got into a minor wreck with a van.

This is what happened, according to prosecutors:

Stephon Davis, 30, was driving the van and his 33-year-old girlfriend, Latesha Santos, was with him.

After the accident, they persuaded Bradley-Crockett to follow them to East 66th Street and Charter Avenue, a secluded area near his home.

The couple, who have a son together, pulled Bradley-Crockett into the van, where she was beaten, strangled with a ligature and stripped of her clothes, wallet and jewelry; two wedding rings, a watch and a necklace.

Her body was pushed out of the van on Interstate 90 under the West 44th Street overpass, where a motorist reported seeing it at 4:30 a.m. April 5.

Two Cleveland police officers, Matthew Prince and David Muniz, sent to investigate the report mistook the body for a deer carcass. The officers face a disciplinary hearing next month and could be suspended for up to 30 days or fired.

Santos and Davis both face the death penalty. They were indicted today on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, theft, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

Prosecutors said that Davis borrowed the van from a friend. When the friend found blood in it the next day, he called police. The Cuyahoga County coroner matched the blood to Bradley-Crockett's DNA.

The van and Bradley-Crockett's mother's car have damage consistent with their being involved in a minor accident, prosecutor's spokesman Ryan Miday said.

Santos was on probation when the homicide occurred. Davis was wanted on three warrants for failing to appear in court on traffic charges.

Santos' criminal history includes drug possession and escape. She was sentenced Aug. 9 to a year of probation and in-patient treatment for drug abuse. She has misdemeanor convictions for having an open container of alcohol and disorderly conduct.

Davis' criminal history includes trafficking in cocaine in 2001, drug trafficking in 2002, and a federal conviction for dealing crack in 2004. He served time in a juvenile detention facility, until he turned 21, for killing his aunt's boyfriend.

Davis is due back in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court at 9 a.m. Friday. Judge Joseph Russo is handling the case.