Corsette went to Gress’ home Feb. 15, the day after they first met up in person, then Gress and Brandes became convinced that Corsette had stolen a ring from them, officers with the St. Petersburg Police Department wrote in an arrest affidavit.

The 16-year-old young mother allegedly met the man on a social media dating app before ultimately staying with him and his domestic partner for a while before a purported dispute over a missing piece of jewelry allegedly led to allegations she was beaten and tortured for days before she was killed,

The man and his partner are accused of dumping Miranda Corsette's body into a dumpster in Ruskin, which was then taken to a waste facility.

Police have charged Steven Gress, 35, and his partner, Michelle Brandes, 37, for the murder of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette in Florida. Authorities allege that Gress met Corsette on a dating app, and he and Brandes later beat the teen to death over a dispute involving missing jewelry.

There is a difficult new twist in the case of a 16-year-old Florida girl who was tortured, murdered and dismembered.

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