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Alvino Dwight (or Dewight) Cornelius who is also known as "Vino," "Cash," or "Lamar Jason Day" is a 28-year-old who previous had drug and murder charges against him when he was 17-year-old in Michigan. In 2012, those charges were dismissed and a protection order from his co-defendants was put in place, according to federal court records obtained by Daily Voice.
Now, Cornelius, and 30-year-old Donjae Demarco Bell are wanted for "aggravated rape out of Knoxville, TN and are believed to have information concerning a double homicide that occurred at the same location," authorities stated in the release.
Bell, who is also known as "Risk Taker" and "Coedine" was on parole from Wayne County Prison in Michigan after serving time for a 2016 home invasion when he committed an offense in Ohio, the details of which are unavailable, according to prison records.
While on the run as a fugitive from Ohio, he was arrested in connection with three overdose deaths in Knoxville, TN on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, according to a release by the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Related Death Task Force.
His arrest came on the heels of a warranted search of the apartment where he was staying at 1900 Dutch Valley Drive #23 in Knoxville, and "officers located both powder and pills that are suspected of being heroin or fentanyl, items for manufacturing, packaging, and selling drugs, and other unknown pills," as stated in the AHIDTA release.
He was out on bail for that incident when the rape and double homicide happened in Knoxville on April 23, 2023, according to Crime Stoppers.
The pair is believed to possibly be together in Pennsylvania, as Cornelius is known to have connections to Connellsville, PA, authorities say.
Cornelius was sentenced to serve one year of probation after a negotiated plea deal for drug use/possession and intentional possession of a controlled substance by person not registered in Fayette County on March 9, 2023, according to his Pennsylvania court records. He was supposed to be serving this sentence at the time of the alleged rape and double homicide.
Anybody with any information concerning Bell, Cornelius, or this case is asked to contact police immediately.
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