3 indicted on slew of charges in dismembered body case

SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (WWBT) - A grand jury has indicted three people on numerous charges in connection to the death of a 20-year-old in Spotsylvania County in February.

Three charged after dismembered body found in wooded area of Spotsylvania County

Deputies found the dismembered body of Dylan Dakota Whetzel, 20, of Stafford, in a wooded area of Pamunkey Road and Finney Road at approximately 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.

All three suspects, Domonic M. Samuels, Brennan E. Thomas and Bronwyn C. Meeks are being held at Rappahannock Regional Jail.

On Monday, June 1, a grand jury handed down the following indictments.

Domonic M. Samuels

One (1) Count of First Degree Murder
One (1) Count of Murder by Mob
One (1) Count of Abduction
One (1) Count of Strangulation
One (1) Count of Concealing a dead body
One (1) Count of Physically Defiling a Dead Human Body
One (1) Count of Concealing, Altering, Dismembering, or Destroying Physical Evidence to hinder a Homicide Investigation
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Commit Abduction
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Conceal a dead body
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to defile a Dead Human Body
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Concealing, Altering, Dismembering, or Destroying Physical Evidence to hinder a Homicide Investigation
Three (3) Counts of Using a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony
Twelve (12) Counts of Shooting During the Commission of a Felony

Brennan E. Thomas

One (1) Count of First Degree Murder
One (1) Count of Murder by Mob
One (1) Count of Abduction
One (1) Count of Strangulation
One (1) Count of Concealing a dead body
One (1) Count of Physically Defiling a Dead Human Body
One (1) Count of Concealing, Altering, Dismembering, or Destroying Physical Evidence to hinder a Homicide Investigation
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Commit Abduction
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Conceal a dead body
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to defile a Dead Human Body
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Concealing, Altering, Dismembering, or Destroying Physical Evidence to hinder a Homicide Investigation
Three (3) Counts of Using a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony
Twelve (12) Counts of Shooting During the Commission of a Felony

Bronwyn C. Meeks

One (1) Count of First Degree Murder
One (1) Count of Murder by Mob
One (1) Count of Abduction
One (1) Count of Strangulation
One (1) Count of Concealing a dead body
One (1) Count of Physically Defiling a Dead Human Body
One (1) Count of Concealing, Altering, Dismembering, or Destroying Physical Evidence to hinder a Homicide Investigation
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Commit Abduction
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Conceal a dead body
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to defile a Dead Human Body
One (1) Count of Conspiracy to Concealing, Altering, Dismembering, or Destroying Physical Evidence to hinder a Homicide Investigation
Three (3) Counts of Using a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony
Twelve (12) Counts of Shooting During the Commission of a Felony
Four (4) Counts of Soliciting other to act as accessories after the fact to Murder