MODEL and veteran Chelsea Perkins has been sentenced after luring a man she previously accused of rape into the woods and shooting him dead.
The 35-year-old pleaded guilty to carrying out the cold-blooded murder in a National Park in Ohio in March 2021.
Model Chelsea Perkins has been sentenced to over two decades behind bars for killing the man she accused of rape[/caption]
Matthew Dunmire was lured into the woods at a national park in Ohio before he was shot dead by Perkins[/caption]
His body was found days later by hikers in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park[/caption]
She drove over 300 miles in her husband’s car from her home in Alexandria, Virginia, to meet 31-year-old Matthew Dunmire who she claimed raped her four years earlier, per the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Formal charges were never filed against him regarding this allegation due to a lack of evidence, Virginia Beach police told the FBI, court records state.
After picking Dunmire up in Ohio, she drove them to a vacation rental home for the night, before taking him to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Valley View, the state’s DA’s office said.
“They hiked past a cemetery, across deep ravines, and off-trail into a wooded area.”
It was here that she used the loaded gun she had brought with her to fire a single bullet into the back of his head, killing him instantly.
“She then left the scene and drove to Michigan to get a tattoo of a noose on her forearm before driving back to Virginia,” the authorities chillingly revealed.
The OnlyFans model and former adult film actress was apprehended by cops after they found evidence linking her to the crime.
A search of her home later revealed three 9mm pistols and a deleted note on her phone.
It “appeared to be a fake suicide note purportedly written by Dunmire that Perkins created around the time Dunmire’s body was found,” officials said.
They also later matched her DNA to that on the firearm used to kill the aspiring musician.
Dunmire’s body was discovered by hikers days after he was killed.
The investigation into his death revealed that four days before he was murdered, Dunmire told colleagues at a bar that he was going to meet a woman he had met online.
The U.S. Coast Guard veteran was sentenced to 22 and a half years in federal prison on Tuesday – she could have received up to 25 years.
Perkins had pleaded guilty back in May to second-degree murder and using or carrying and discharging a firearm, during, and in relation to, a crime of violence on federal property.
The charge of first-degree murder was downgraded as part of the plea agreement.
After serving her sentence, Perkins will have to serve five years of supervised release, officials noted.
‘EVIL AND VILE’
“It was a coldly, calculated intention to cause his death,” prosecutors said at the sentencing hearing saying that her motive was pure revenge.
“What I see here today is a lack of remorse,” they added.
As part of a victim impact statement, Dunmire’s father told the court, “My son was a good person too and now his children have no father,” Cleveland 19 News reported.
Meanwhile, his uncle Dan called her “evil and vile” and said “someone who can do this can do it to anyone.”
“I take full responsibility for what I’ve done,” Perkins, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, said at the hearing.
Part of her defense argument was that she had been triggered by PTSD.
“My sister is not a violent person, she has a very big heart,” Perkins’ sister told the court.
“My heart is heavy today for my family and for the family of Matthew.
“This never should have happened.”
Before handing down the sentence, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. agreed that the motive was revenge but highlighted that her trauma should be taken into consideration.
“She creates some trauma on herself, because of her trauma,” he said.
“She wasn’t living a lifestyle conducive to being a good mother, that’s just a fact.”
Perkins will be serving time in a prison in West Virginia to be near her family, as requested by her legal team.
