Man with history of domestic violence ‘kills girlfriend, repeatedly running over her body with a car on their front lawn after smashing her with a brick’ – Santrez Traylor faces aggravated murder in death of Amanda Petrowski
Santrez Traylor on Sunday killed the mother of his two children by bludgeoning her with a brick and repeatedly running over her body with a car on their front lawn in Memphis, Tenn
Traylor, 34, charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault in killing of 31-year-old Amanda Petrowski in Memphis
With neighbors watching Traylor bashed his long term girlfriend in the head with a brick, kicked and punched the fallen woman
He went into the house grabbed keys, then got into a car and ran her over at least four times
Traylor had a history of domestic abuse targeting Petrowski, and the two children they shared
A month earlier, Traylor was charged with criminal trespassing and domestic assault for allegedly threatening to beat Petrowski’s ‘brains in‘ and putting one of the children through a wall
Santrez Traylor [photo], has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault in the killing of the mother of his two children
Petrowski’s long-time boyfriend and the father of her two children, 34-year-old Santrez Traylor, initially fled the scene but was later arrested and charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
Santrez Traylor [left] who has a history of domestic violence against his long-time girlfriend Amanda Petrowski [right], police say, attacked Petrowski with a brick and then repeatedly ran over her with his car
Traylor is accused of repeatedly running over Petrowski with a car in the front yard of her home [photo], in Memphis, Tenn. on Sunday
Screen capture shows blood splatter in the aftermath of Traylor’s savage attack on 31-year-old Petrowski, which left the mother-of-two dead in Memphis on Sunday
One eyewitness recounted how Traylor repeatedly struck Petrowksi with a brick in front of their home. When the woman collapsed to the ground, he allegedly proceeded to kick and punch her.
Moments later, according to witness accounts, Traylor entered the home to get the keys to the car parked in the driveway, got behind the wheel and ran over Petrowski’s body about four times, according to Fox 13 Memphis.
The victim Amanda Petrowski seen [left], with one of the two children she shares with Traylor [right], had filed a restraining order on her long term boyfriend. Last month, he was charged with threatening her and assaulting one of their kids
“I witnessed a murder,” said neighbor Jay Smoot. “It’s pretty, pretty overwhelming.”
Witnesses said shortly after 9 p.m. they heard what turned out to be the deadly confrontation between the victim and her boyfriend, Traylor – who is her child’s father.
They also saw Traylor using a brick to hit the Petrowski in the head.
“She was standing when he first hit her and then she fell down and he repeatedly was hitting her with the brick, hitting her with the brick,” one neighbor said.
“Kicking, punching her he was trying to make sure she was dead.”
Moments later, witnesses said Traylor went into the home and got keys to a car in the driveway.
That’s when they said he repeatedly “ran her over.”
Neighbors say Traylor got in this car after bashing his girlfriend Amanda Petrowski in the head with a brick, then proceeded to run her over repeatedly
Traylor’s history of violence against the mother of his children includes charges of domestic assault causing bodily harm stemming from two separate incidents that took place in May and June 2015. His violent rages have ot spared the children either
‘But it turned out we were witnessing the murder occurring.’
According to a police affidavit cited by the station WREG, Traylor was charged with criminal trespassing and domestic assault a month ago after he showed up at his girlfriend’s residence threatening to ‘beat her brains in’ and to put one of their children ‘through the wall.’
The document also states that Traylor called Petrowski 200 times in just one day.
His criminal record also includes counts of domestic assault causing bodily harm stemming from two separate incidents that took place in May and June 2015. He is being held in the Shelby County Jail.
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