Xavier Murphy Mother Issues Statement After Charlottesville Son Arrested Murder Of Girlfriend At VA Days Inn

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (THECOUNT) — Xavier Murphy, the Charlottesville man accused of shooting his girlfriend, Tatiana Anisee, Friday evening at the Days Inn hotel, is the cousin of slain woman, Alexis Murphy, his mother has revealed.

Anisee, who was listed in some news reports as, Tatiana Wells, was later pronounced dead at an area hospital, according to police. Murphy was taken into custody for the shooting and charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm.

The shooting is remains under investigation.

Alexis Murphy was murdered in 2013 by Randy Taylor. The Nelson County student was 17 years old when she was last seen alive on August 3, 2013.

Trina Murphy, Alexis’ aunt, released a statement on social media:

An all too familiar story in my timeline. A beautiful woman’s life cut short by a violent relationship. The only twist today is it’s my child on the other side of the gun. My son is the perpetrator. The very thing I advocate against has been committed by someone I once carried inside me. Tatiana Anisee’s family are facing what no one should have to, the death of a child. Auri, my beautiful granddaughter has lost her Mother and Father. My sons actions have altered the course of many lives and the impact will be everlasting. I have always told my children that you must live with the consequences of your actions and nothing has changed. I’m not that Mother that’s going to run to the courthouse and plead for mercy. You took something that you cannot replace and your fate is in GODs hands now. Young women so many times I’ve said it and I’ll say it now Love does not hit you, cuss you or disrespect you that is not love and you need to get out by any means necessary. To Tati’s family if taking my Sons life would bring your daughters back I would do it personally. Please reserve your prayers for Auri, their daughter together, his other two sons who will grow up without their Father and all the lives that have been impacted by this senseless and preventable tragedy. source