{"id":4805,"date":"2026-06-29T21:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/06\/29\/us-man-dies-while-discarding-body-of-girlfriend-he-fatally-strangled-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:52:03","slug":"us-man-dies-while-discarding-body-of-girlfriend-he-fatally-strangled-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4805","title":{"rendered":"US man dies while discarding body of girlfriend he fatally strangled, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"64df7e0b-6f80-4440-815b-5be7555463de\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tree-lined road during sunny day\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e1a24ed22abd42eddf9a6ac37641f9801121ab77\/0_0_1594_1370\/master\/1594.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"399.65495608531995\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Route 86 in Alabama, where Daniel Robbins\u2019 truck was running when police arrived at the scene.<\/span> Photograph: Google Maps<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"64df7e0b-6f80-4440-815b-5be7555463de\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Route 86 in Alabama, where Daniel Robbins\u2019 truck was running when police arrived at the scene.<\/span> Photograph: Google Maps<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">US man dies while discarding body of girlfriend he fatally strangled, officials say<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>Police found man, who died of a heart attack, next to his girlfriend by abandoned vehicle in wooded area of Alabama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A man recently died in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/alabama\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Alabama<\/a> from a heart attack while trying to discard his girlfriend\u2019s body after fatally strangling her, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">At the center of the unusually macabre case was Daniel Robbins, 44, and Jessica Folds, 47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Chambers county sheriff\u2019s deputies reportedly found Robbins and Folds dead next to each other on the morning of 10 June in a wooded area near an abandoned vehicle in the town of Lanett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Chambers sheriff\u2019s office said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chamberscountyalabamasheriffsoffice\/posts\/pfbid0zyHBr3yxsXRnY334KyyFea4bd3zCEDt6Rd6zxd8ctVrhXxd9pp5GXF2NYEWv5ZXnl\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">statement<\/a> that officials sent the bodies to the Alabama department of forensic science for autopsies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Investigators were subsequently reported to have found that Robbins, described as being from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/state-of-georgia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Georgia<\/a>, and Folds \u2013 said to be from Lanett \u2013 had been in a relationship before her death. He allegedly killed her before he died while trying to hide her body, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cHe died of a heart attack while doing it,\u201d said a local district attorney, Mike Segrest, according to the Alabama news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/crime\/2026\/06\/georgia-man-dies-of-heart-attack-while-dumping-woman-he-strangled-in-alabama-woods-da-says.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">AL.com<\/a>, which first reported on the findings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cTheir bodies were right there together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Segrest said the investigation by local and state law enforcement, combined with autopsy results, determined that Folds \u201cwas strangled\u201d \u2013 and \u201cit appears [Robbins] was attempting to dispose of [her] body in a remote location\u201d when he died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Segrest said the truck near the bodies of Robbins and Folds was still running and the driver\u2019s side door was open when deputies arrived to find them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The tailgate was down, he said to AL.com, and there were drag marks in the dirt into the woods where the couple were found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Segrest told the outlet that investigators suspected Robbins killed Folds as an act of domestic violence. The prosecutor added that he believed everything had happened the previous night, citing the fact that the truck was still running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Local news outlets reported that Folds was the mother of three adult sons. An obituary said she \u201ctouched the lives of many with her heart of gold, deep love for everyone, and a smile that brightened the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Robbins\u2019s survivors included a daughter, according to his obituary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/alabama\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Alabama<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-crime\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">US crime<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/state-of-georgia\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=US%20man%20dies%20while%20discarding%20body%20of%20girlfriend%20he%20fatally%20strangled,%20officials%20say&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/29\/man-dies-heart-attack-discarding-girlfriend-body?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjun%2F29%2Fman-dies-heart-attack-discarding-girlfriend-body&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jun\/29\/man-dies-heart-attack-discarding-girlfriend-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-axwinp\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Route 86 in Alabama, where Daniel Robbins\u2019 truck was running when police arrived at the scene. 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