Overview
- Lee is held without bond after a March 9 preliminary hearing that advanced first-degree murder and evidence-tampering charges to a grand jury.
- Forensic extraction of his phone shows messages asking ChatGPT what to do, what to tell 911, and whether a fall could cause stab-like wounds, with timestamps roughly 12 hours before the emergency call.
- The medical examiner attributes Gabriella Perpétuo’s death to blunt-force trauma and documents a severe brain injury, a neck fracture, stab wounds, and a bite mark.
- Investigators testified to extensive blood throughout the home and the presence of cleaning supplies, observations they say are consistent with possible scene alteration.
- Prosecutors have indicated they will seek the death penalty if Lee is convicted under Tennessee law.