American woman rejected man she met on dating app. He killed her the next day

A Georgia man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of a woman he met briefly on a dating app, People reported.

Fabiola Thomas, 39, was discovered in a bathtub by her roommate in June 2019 in her Roswell, Georgia apartment, according to reports from WSB-TV, 11 live, It is FOX 5 Atlanta.

Antonio Wilson, then 38, was arrested and charged with murder months later, as reported by Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 11 Alive, citing Roswell Police.

The investigation began on June 8, 2019, when police received a frantic call from Ms. Thomas’ roommate, who reported finding her in the bathtub and fearing that “something bad had happened to her,” according to FOX 5 Atlanta and 11 Alive.

Police found Ms. Thomas unresponsive at the scene and she was later pronounced dead at the hospital, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

A medical examiner ruled his death a homicide several months later, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

During the investigation, authorities discovered that Thomas and Wilson met on a dating app shortly before the murder, as reported by WSB-TV.

“Ms. Thomas did everything you think she should do,” Assistant District Attorney Abigail Potter told WSB-TV. “She told her friends where she was going. She only met him in public places.”

Prosecutors said that when Ms. Thomas expressed her desire to end the relationship, Wilson could not handle the rejection, according to WSB-TV.

In a text message sent before her death, Thomas asked Wilson to “stop claiming her,” authorities said.

“Keep your ring, I’m not your woman, never was, stop claiming me because I never claimed you,” Thomas wrote in a text, according to WSB-TV, citing prosecutors.

Senior Assistant District Attorney Nalda Charles told the outlet that the day she died, she “unfriended” Wilson. It remains unclear which dating app they used to communicate.

Wilson was arrested on October 25, 2019, after Ms. Thomas’ death was ruled a homicide. Five years later, after his trial, a jury took just 30 minutes to find him guilty, according to WSB-TV.

On Tuesday, July 23, a judge sentenced Wilson to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, as reported by WSB-TV from a Fulton County courtroom.