'Thousand-yard blank stare': Suspended lawyer strangles girlfriend just months after he was ordered to stay away for 'challenging' her with kitchen knife, cops say

A suspended Tennessee lawyer is accused of murdering his woman portion retired connected bond for threatening her with a knife, with cops saying helium had a "history" of going aft her — resulting successful 4 arrests implicit a span of six months, records show.

Jared Streich, 40, has been charged with execution for allegedly strangling Miranda Gray, 46, connected Monday greeting wrong her Nashville flat connected Hermitage Park Drive, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.

The erstwhile Rutherford County lawyer was suspended by the Supreme Court of Tennessee successful June for six years pursuing 2 antithetic home unit arrests successful February and April. The archetypal incidental led to Streich being ordered to enactment distant from Gray, which helium allegedly refused to do.

"At 9:30 a.m. Monday, Streich called 911 saying that Gray was unresponsive and to nonstop an ambulance," constabulary said successful a press release. "The archetypal responding serviceman saw that the unfortunate was deceased and asked Streich however agelong she had been unresponsive. He declined to answer."

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An autopsy determined that Gray had "numerous injuries" and died arsenic the effect of strangulation, per the release.

"Homicide detectives Monday noted that Streich was successful usurpation of enslaved conditions resulting from a February aggravated battle apprehension successful which helium was alleged to person threatened Gray with a knife," the merchandise says. "As a information of posting bond, Streich was expected to enactment distant from the Hermitage Park Drive apartment."

An arrest affidavit for the February incident, which was obtained by Law&Crime connected Thursday, details however Streich held Gray "at knifepoint" that night, Feb. 10, aft she accused him of stealing wealth from her. Cops who responded recovered Streich sitting connected the sofa "doing a thousand-yard blank stare," the affidavit alleges.

"Officers spoke with the victim, who stated she had gotten into an statement with the suspect implicit him taking wealth from her," the affidavit says. "The unfortunate stated the suspect went into the kitchen, grabbed a room knife, and began to question it around. The unfortunate stated the suspect said to her, 'We're gonna bash this? We're gonna bash this?' arsenic helium was waving the weapon around."

Officers asked the unfortunate if she "felt successful fear" when Streich went aft her with the weapon and made his statements, to which she allegedly said yes. "The unfortunate stated that she felt similar the suspect was 'challenging' her," according to the affidavit.

"While speaking with the officers, the unfortunate revealed that the suspect precocious broke her telephone during an statement they had," the papers adds. "In addition, the unfortunate stated she and the suspect got into an statement wrong the past fewer days wherever the suspect broke an apartment-installed keypad system. Officers utilized authorities systems to verify a completed incidental study implicit the matter."

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Detectives arrested Streich connected Monday nighttime connected the enslaved usurpation complaint arsenic the decease probe for Gray continued and an autopsy was performed. He was charged with execution aft the results of the autopsy came back, according to cops.

In summation to the pending February case, Streich was arrested connected April 29 and charged with aggravated assault, arsenic good arsenic violating enslaved conditions, aft Gray reported that helium pushed her caput into a closet doorway and slammed a "patio door" connected her arm. The charges were dropped, though, connected May 1, according to police.

On July 26, Streich was arrested connected charges of aggravated battle and violating enslaved conditions erstwhile again aft Gray reported that helium "cut her wrist with a knife" wrong the flat connected July 20, the MNPD merchandise says. Those charges were dropped, too, connected August 1, according to constabulary officials.

On August 3, Streich was taken into custody yet again — the 4th clip successful six months — for violating enslaved conditions aft officers were called to Gray's flat for a home disturbance and recovered him there. Streich was indicted by a expansive assemblage for the February battle and fixed an October tribunal date, according to tribunal records.

"In the February case, Gray relayed to a Domestic Violence detective that she was talking with the District Attorney's Office astir prosecution and planned to travel up astatine the Family Safety Center for an Order of Protection and counseling," the MNPD merchandise explains. "In consequent constabulary responses, Gray declined counseling, bid of protection, prosecution oregon structure services."

Streich has allegedly refused to talk with constabulary astir Gray's death. He was being held this week connected a $75,000 bond, with an Aug. 28 tribunal day scheduled.