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		</div><h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">Gruesome new details emerge about the slaying of Susie Zhao whose charred body was discovered at Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area in Oakland County, Michigan, on July 13</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">The 33-year-old pro poker player&#8217;s body was found in a remote parking lot was bound with zip ties, sexually assaulted and burned to death after meeting convicted sex offender, 60, at a motel</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">Zhao&#8217;s charred body was discovered at Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area in Oakland County, Michigan, hours later on July 13</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">Homeless sex offender Jeffery Bernard Morris was arrested and charged earlier this month with planning and executing her murder </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">Though the connection between the pair is yet to be established, the pair met at a motel on July 12 and Zhao left around midnight, the suspect told investigators</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">However, cell phone records place Zhao&#8217;s phone at the motel until around 5 a.m. the next day &#8211; the same time surveillance footage that showed Morris was leaving the motel </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">Police later found a bloodied baseball bat, bed sheet and several fibers in Morris&#8217;s vehicle when he was pulled over in Ypsilanti on a warrant</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;">Morris has a long rap sheet including multiple domestic violence charges and is a registered sex offender </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3131;"> At the time he was arrested he was on probation or fraud</span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="" src="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Susie-Zhao-1.jpg?resize=620%2C411&;ssl=1" alt="Susie Zhao 1" width="683" height="453" /><strong>The charred remains professional poker player Susie Zhao, [photo], was found in a woods in Michigan on July 13<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A professional poker player, 33, whose charred remains were found in a remote parking lot in Michigan was bound with zip ties, sexually assaulted and burned alive after meeting a convicted sex offender, 60, at a motel, according to court documents.<br />
Gruesome new details have emerged about the slaying of Susie Zhao, whose badly burned body was discovered at the secluded Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area in Oakland County back on July 13.<br />
Jeffery Bernard Morris, 60, was arrested on July 31 and charged earlier this month with planning and executing her murder.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-352818" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Susie-Zhao-left-and-Jeffery-Bernard-Morris-right-1.jpg" alt="Susie Zhao [left], and Jeffery Bernard Morris [right] 1" width="670" height="535" /></span>Pro poker player Susie Zhao, [left] whose charred remains were found last month in a remote parking lot in Michigan was bound, sexually assaulted then burned alive after meeting convicted sex offender Jeffery Bernard Morris, [right] at a motel, according to court docs </strong></h6>
<p>The Gruesome new details of the slaying of the professional poker player, 33, have emerged. <a class="class" href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/professional-poker-player-tortured-and-bound-before-set-on-fire-after-meeting-with-accused-killer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">WXYZ</a> reports that Zhao who was &#8216;identified by fingerprints. was bound with zip-ties, and sexually assaulted with a large object before being &#8220;lit on fire until she died.”&#8217;</p>
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<div>Susie Zhao&#8217;s charred remains were found in a remote parking lot in Michigan after she met with a convicted sex offender, 60, at a motel, according to court documents.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Her badly burned body was discovered at the secluded Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area in Oakland County back on July 13.<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Homeless sex offender Jeffery Bernard Morris was arrested and charged earlier in August with planning and executing her murder.<br />
Morris, who has a long rap sheet including multiple domestic violence charges and is on the sex offender&#8217;s register, was found with a bloodied baseball bat and bed sheet in his vehicle when he was pulled over and detained by officers days after Zhao&#8217;s death.<br />
Zhao was last seen alive by her mother on July 12 around 5.30pm.<br />
Her charred body was discovered at around 8:05 a.m. the next morning by two men in the wooded parking area of the state park.<br />
Cell phone records confirm Morris and Zhao met up on the night of July 12, according to newly-obtained court documents.<br />
Morris told cops after his arrest he had picked Zhao up on Watkins Lake Road and they checked into the Sherwood Motel around 9:26 p.m. on July 12.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">The suspected killer said the pair then left the motel briefly to buy alcohol at a party store before returning.<br />
</span>Zhao then left the motel at midnight &#8216;and took all of her belongings including her cell phone with her,&#8217; Morris told cops.<br />
However, cell phone records place Zhao&#8217;s cell phone at the motel until around 5 a.m. the following morning &#8211; the same time both cell phone records and surveillance footage captured Morris leaving the motel, the court documents show.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img id="i-62dd87db342b9684" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/05/17/31602488-8596555-image-m-4_1596645795252.jpg" alt="Pictured Morris being arraigned for first-degree premeditated murder from his hospital bed (pictured) earlier this month. Court documents reveal Morris was found with a bloodied baseball bat and bed sheet in his vehicle when he was pulled over and detained by officers days after Zhao's death" width="1031" height="579" />Court documents reveal Morris was found with a bloodied baseball bat and bed sheet in his vehicle when he was pulled over and detained by officers days after Zhao&#8217;s death. </strong><strong>Morris was arraigned for first-degree premeditated murder from his hospital bed [photo], on Aug 4 </strong></h6>
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<span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="" src="https://i2.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Susie-Zhao-5.jpg?resize=620%2C413&;ssl=1" alt="Susie Zhao 5" width="880" height="586" /></span>Top flight professional player Zhao, aka Susie Q seen [right] during a poker game</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The suspect then drove to the remote 3,745-acre park where he stayed for around seven minutes, WXYZ reported.<br />
Police believe Morris bound Zhao with zip-ties, sexually assaulted her with a large object before she was &#8216;lit on fire until she died&#8217;.<br />
Morris was arrested on July 31 after he was pulled over in his vehicle in Ypsilanti on a warrant by officers from White Lake Township.<br />
A search of his vehicle uncovered a fitted bed sheet with apparent blood stains and a wooden baseball bat with a possible big blood stain.<br />
Several footwear impressions, hairs, fibers and other items with possible blood stains and duffle bags with Morris&#8217; identification inside were also found in the car, court records show.<br />
The evidence is currently being tested at the Oakland County Crime Lab.<br />
Morris was arraigned for first-degree premeditated murder in Oakland County on August 4.<br />
He was formally charged with Zhao&#8217;s murder from his hospital bed after he suffered an undisclosed, non-life-threatening medical issue earlier that day.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img id="i-80c23943c2fd303f" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/01/21/31456152-8584019-image-a-44_1596314612103.jpg" alt="Zhao has been described as a 'national talent' in the competitive poker circuit and was known as 'Susie Q'. Pictured: Zhao during a poker game" width="794" height="447" /></span>Susie Zhao, aka Susie Q, [right], who has been described as a ‘national talent’ on the competitive poker circuit </strong></h6>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">It is not yet clear whether Zhao and Morris, who police described as a transient homeless person, knew each other prior to the night before her murder.<br />
Initially, police were exploring whether Zhao&#8217;s high stakes job was a motive in her killing but later said there was no evidence of this.<br />
Morris has a long rap sheet including multiple domestic violence charges and is a registered sex offender. It is not yet clear if he knew Zhao before her death.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Investigators said Zhao, who had to be identified through fingerprint analysis, had stayed at the motel on multiple occasions prior to her death.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Court records reveal her suspected killer has a long history of violent and sexual crimes dating back more than three decades.<br />
Morris was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in Oakland County Circuit Court in 1989 and has multiple domestic violence charges including pleading guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence in 2009.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-352833" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pontiac-Lake-State-Recreation-area-in-Michigan-1-1.jpg" alt="Pontiac Lake State Recreation area in Michigan 1" width="841" height="608" /></span>Zhao&#8217;s body was found at Pontiac Lake State Recreation area [photo] in Michigan on July 13 &#8211; hours after she met up with Morris at a motel</strong></h6>
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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">At the time of Zhao&#8217;s murder, Morris was on probation for retail fraud.</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">He is being held without bond in Oakland County Jail.<br />
He is scheduled to appear in court for a probable cause conference on August 18.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Zhao has been described as a &#8216;national talent&#8217; in the competitive poker circuit and was known as &#8216;Susie Q&#8217;. Pictured: Zhao during a poker game</span></p>
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Pro poker player, Susie Zhao, whose body was found in a remote Michigan parking lot, was bound with zip ties, sexually assaulted and set alight while still alive, after meeting convicted sex offender, Jeffery Bernard Morris, at a motel
