The two men visiting South Beach from Greensboro, North Carolina have officially been arrested and charged for drugging and raping a woman who later died in her hotel bed.
Evoire Colier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 24, are accused of stealing the victim, Christine Englehardt’s, credit cards and using them to make purchases in South Beach.
According to The Miami Herald, police are investigating whether Englehardt died of an overdose, likely from a pill supplied by the suspects. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting further examinations, and the cause of death has yet to be confirmed. 24-year-old Englehardt was staying at the Albion Hotel while visiting from Pennsylvania.
Collier and Taylor could face homicide or murder charges in addition to burglary with assault, sexual battery, petty theft, and fraudulent use of a credit card if Englehardt died as a result of the drug they provided her.
On March 22, Collier and Taylor were both arrested and booked into a Miami-Dade prison. Prosecutor Ayana Harris claimed at a bail hearing the next day that the men should be kept in custody until their trial and, depending on the cause of death, they could face more serious charges.
Surveillance video showed the two men entering the hotel lobby with Englehardt at about 1 a.m. local time on Thursday, March 18, according to police records obtained by NBC6.
Englehardt had flown to South Florida alone, according to a family member.
