According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, police say Aaron Wright, 47, Quaweay’s boyfriend and the father of her two children, beat her to death with his fists and baton after stripping her naked and handcuffing her to a bench. Marquis Robinson, 41, Wright’s best friend, restrained Quaweay and moved her body so that Wright could beat her.
The murder took place in the home Quaweay, Wright, Robinson and Robinson’s girlfriend shared while Quaweay’s two daughters with Wright, aged two years and ten months, watched nearby.
Police were called by Robinson’s girlfriend who walked in on the beating. Wright and Robinson were arrested soon after.
Wright is charged with murder, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, conspiracy to commit murder, and abuse of a corpse. Robinson was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault, and abuse of a corpse.