Monrovia Man Charged with Murder and Torture in Death of Girlfriend
Monrovia resident Brandon Lee Randone, 45, is accused of torturing and killing his girlfriend Felicia Tang Lee last Friday. Bail has been set at $2 million.
On Friday, September 11 Brandon Lee Randone called 911 to report that his girlfriend Felecia Lee, 31 was not breathing. Paramedics and a Monrovia police unit were sent to the scene. The police officers called detectives who felt that the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau needed to be called.
Monrovia Police Detective Rich Doney said that the condition of the victim indicated that her death might be a murder.
On Tuesday, Randone, 45, Lee’s boyfriend who called 911 was charged with her murder and torture according to Sheriff’s homicide detective Brian Schoonmaker. “The autopsy listed homicide as the cause of death which was the result of suffocation and blunt force trauma,” he said.
Monrovia, like many other small police departments, contracts with the Sheriff’s Department to investigate murders. Monrovia Police Captain Jim Hunt said “we have the contract with the Sheriff’s Department because they have more experience investigating murders and the expertise and resources to do so more efficiently.”
Schoonmaker said that Lee had multiple injuries which were inflicted prior to her death. On Tuesday Monrovia Police and the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau served a search warrant in an attempt to locate the weapon that was used to torture Lee. The results of that search have not yet been released.
Lee, 31, worked under the name Felicia Tang. – Photo Courtesy California DMV
Randone remains in custody in lieu of $2 million bail. His bail had been set at $1 million but was raised when the charge of torture was added.
Schoonmaker said that they are still investigating attempting to determine a motive for the murder.
Lee was also known to go by an alias of Felicia Tang, and nude photographs of her can be seen on various salacious or pornographic web sites.
Seeking to be proactive in dispelling any notions to the contrary, Schoonmaker said that the Sherriff’s Dept. believes the homicide had nothing to do with Lee’s chosen profession, but rather that it was a “boyfriend-girlfriend dispute”.
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