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WEBVTT CHARGES WERE ANNOUNCED AND JOINS US LIVE. MATT: THE U.S. ATTORNEY SAID BECAUSE THESE ALLEGED CRIMES HAPPENED OVER SEVERAL STATES THAT IS WHY THE DEFENDANT IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES, WHICH CARRY THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY. THIS AFTERNOON, THE MASSACHUSETTS U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED THAT 32-YEAR-OLD LOUIS COLEMAN OF PROVIDENCE, HAS BEEN -- OF PROVIDENCE HAS BEEN FEDERALLY CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING 23-YEAR-OLD JASSY CORREIA OF DORCHESTER, RESULTING IN HER DEATH. >> IT CARRIES THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SENTENCE. IT’S A MANDATORY LIFE CHARGE AND A DEATH ELIGIBLE CHARGE. MATT: OFFICIALS ALSO REVEALED NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE 4 DAYS BETWEEN THE LAST TIME CORREIA WAS SEEN, GETTING INTO COLEMAN’S CAR OUTSIDE THE VENUE NIGHTCLUB IN BOSTON, AND WHEN HER BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE COLEMAN’S CAR ON I-95 IN DELAWARE. >> IT APPEARS PRELIMINARILY THAT SHE DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AND STRANGULATION. MATT: OFFICIALS ARE NOT COMMENTING ON CERTAIN DETAILS OF CASE, INCLUDING WHERE CORREIA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED. BUT AUTHORITIES SAY THEY’VE OBTAINED A RECEIPT FROM A PROVIDENCE WALMART, SHOWING THAT COLEMAN PURCHASED 3 TYVEK SUITS , SURGICAL GLOVES, SAFETY GOGGLES, A RESPIRATOR AND , BLEACH. TWO DAYS AFTER SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS COLEMAN, DRAGGING CORREIA’S HALF NAKED BODY TOWARDS HIS APARTMENT UNIT. >> WE CAN’T KNOW YET EXACTLY WHAT HE PLANNED TO DO WITH THE BODY BUT ALL OF THE CLEANING AND CUTTING SUPPLIES IN THE VEHICLE AND HE GOT FROM WALMART IMPLY THAT HE PLANNED TO SOMEHOW DISPOSE OF THE BODY. >> I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW UPSETTING THIS IS. MATT: BOSTON POLICE COMMISSIONER SPOKE ABOUT THE TOLL, THIS INVESTIGATION HAS TAKEN ON HIS BUT VOWED THAT LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICERS OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE , TO WORK THIS CASE, TO BRING JUSTICE FOR JASS

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The suspect in the kidnapping of Massachusetts woman whose body was found in the trunk of a car stopped by Delaware authorities has been extradited.Appearing before a federal magistrate in Delaware on Monday, 32-year-old Louis D. Coleman III of Providence, Rhode Island, waived his right to a hearing and did not contest a prosecution request that he be detained pending removal to Massachusetts.A spokeswoman for the Delaware Department of Correction later confirmed that Coleman had been extradited.Coleman faces one count of kidnapping resulting in the death of 23-year-old Jassy Correia."I can't tell you how upsetting this is," said Boston police Commissioner William Gross. "No family should ever, ever have to go through this again."The U.S. Attorney's Office said Coleman could face a sentence of death or life in prison if he is found guilty."The interstate kidnapping resulting in death is the most applicable charge and carries the highest possible sentence. It’s a mandatory life charge and a death-eligible charge," said U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling.Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said her office is not ruling out bringing state charges against Coleman."But, today, that's not our focus. My focus, exclusively, is supporting Jassy Correia's loved ones," Rollins said Sunday.Lelling said the cause of Correia's death appears to be strangulation and blunt force trauma.Correia was last seen early Feb. 24 leaving Club Venu on Warrenton Street in Boston, where she was celebrating her birthday the previous night with three friends.According to the charging document, law enforcement reviewed surveillance tape from outside of the Venu nightclub.Boston police said Correia was seen with a man, who was later identified as Coleman, in the area of 255 Tremont St. in Boston at approximately 12:15 a.m. Sunday, shortly after leaving the nightclub. She was later seen entering a red sedan with the man in the area of Tremont and Herald streets.Surveillance footage from Coleman's Providence apartment showed the defendant parking and exiting the vehicle at about 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 24 and then returning a short time later, carrying a blanket. Coleman then walked from the car to the front of the building, allegedly carrying a body with long hair and clothing consistent with the description of Correia. Once he entered the building, surveillance video showed Coleman dropping the body on the floor and dragging it toward the elevator and subsequently toward his apartment. Federal prosecutors said the body was not moving and limp. Surveillance footage of Coleman's apartment building from Tuesday allegedly showed the defendant entering the building with Walmart shopping bags. Law enforcement subsequently obtained video surveillance and a receipt from a Walmart in Providence that revealed Coleman had purchased the following: three Tyvek coverall suits, duct tape, two candles, electrical tape, a mask, surgical gloves, two pairs of safety goggles, an odor respirator and CLn release bleach bath. At approximately 9:58 p.m. Wednesday, Coleman was allegedly seen on video surveillance entering the apartment building with what appeared to be a new, large suitcase. The defendant was allegedly seen on video at 1:15 a.m. on Thursday wheeling the suitcase away from his apartment toward the elevator, out of the building and into the parking lot, where his vehicle was located. Prosecutors said Coleman appeared to have difficulty lifting the suitcase into the trunk of his car.Additional surveillance video allegedly showed Coleman exiting his apartment building on several occasions with other items, including trash bags, cardboard boxes, a bottle of bleach, a laptop case, a computer tower and a small duffle bag.On Thursday, Boston police released the name and picture of Coleman, calling him a "suspect wanted in connection with the kidnapping of 23-year-old Jassy Correia."A search warrant was executed at Coleman’s apartment on Thursday, where two packages of hooded coveralls and two respirator masks were recovered. A sofa with four large cushions, one of which was missing a cover, was also observed. Federal prosecutors said the following items were found in a dumpster outside the apartment complex: white trash bags, a bag containing plastic sheets, men’s jeans with bleach stains and a belt, a white nylon hooded coverall, an empty box of baking soda, clear safety goggles, a respirator mask, duct tape packaging, rubbing alcohol, Walmart bags, used plastic gloves, an empty package from a car air freshener, three empty packages of purifying charcoal and a sponge.Coleman was taken into custody along Interstate 95 south near Wilmington, Delaware, on Thursday afternoon. Video showed a red Buick Verano sedan with California license plates on the side of the highway surrounded by members of law enforcement. The U.S. Attorney's Office said when police in Delaware stopped Coleman's vehicle on I-95 and asked if anyone else was in the vehicle with him, Coleman allegedly replied, "She's in the trunk."Officers allegedly found Correia's body wrapped in a sofa cushion cover, which was inside a black trash bag that was inside a large suitcase that matched the one investigators allegedly observed Coleman bringing into his apartment Wednesday night. The U.S. Attorney's Office said the victim's body had significant bruising and a bloodied face, was bound with gray duct tape and was covered in what is believed to be baking soda.Prosecutors said the following items were recovered from Coleman's vehicle: a duffle bag, a pair of new long-handled loppers, plastic garbage bags, clothing, a red plastic gas container, a green butane lighter, black gloves, charcoal air purifiers, air fresheners, tinted safety glasses, plastic Walmart bags, work towels, cloth work gloves, a new set of DeWalt pliers, a laptop, a computer hard drive and disinfectant wipes."We can't know yet exactly what he planned to do with the body, but all of the cleaning and cutting supplies in the vehicle and that he got from Walmart imply that he planned to somehow dispose of the body," Lelling said.Photographs of Coleman's vehicle allegedly depict a windshield that is cracked in two locations on the passenger side and a white substance, believed to be baking soda, in the trunk.Coleman was transported to a Delaware State Police barracks, where police noted that he had a large bandage on the right side of his face. When asked about it, Coleman allegedly replied, "It's from the girl." After Coleman's arrest in Delaware, two Boston police detectives were seen arriving at Correia's family's home in Dorchester. A short time later, the woman's family confirmed that her body was found in the trunk of the car in Delaware. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Gross and Rollins visited the home of the grieving family Friday. "This young woman has a lot of ties here in Dorchester. She played sports growing up here. She has friends here," Walsh said.Coleman faces charges in Providence of kidnapping, refusal to report a death with intent to conceal a crime and mutilation of a dead human body. It is not known when Coleman will be brought back to Rhode Island to appear in court."This guy’s an animal," Walsh said. "I would like to thank the community for stepping up and spreading the word and getting this out there as quickly as they did," Katia Depina, a cousin of Correia, said at a news conference Thursday night.Correia's cousin described her as a regular 23-year-old woman. "She did not deserve this. She went out to celebrate her birthday and never returned home," Depina said. "We want justice for her death.""Women should have a right to go to any nightclub and wear whatever they want to and not worry about being kidnapped and murdered at the end of their night," Joao DePina, a family friend, said. "This is not what any family should ever have to go through," DePina said.Correia’s family said she was the mother of a 2-year-old girl. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help raise money for her daughter's care.