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New details are emerging about the
roles that a teenage girl and two former football stars played in a home
robbery gone wrong in Fort Worth, Texas. The
body of Claudia Hidic, 17, was found shot dead near the backdoor of a
duplex apartment almost two weeks ago, and now police have the two men
thought to be her accomplices in custody. Curtis Fortenberry and Terrance Crumley, both 21-years-old, now face felony murder charges over the incident.






According to the Star-Telegram, Hidic
reportedly directed the two men to various homes where they could find
expensive items to steal.
At the home where she met her death,
there were thought to be five or six people inside the duplex at the
time that Hidic and her two co-conspirators entered.
Either Fortenberry or Crumley had a
gun on them, and once they entered the apartment, shots were exchanged
with people inside the home, and Hidic is thought to have been hit in
the crossfire.
The would-be robbery occurred on June 28, but it wasn't until this weekend that the suspects were confirmed by police.


Crumley turned himself in on Saturday
and Fortenberry was already in custody because he was arrested for
unrelated theft charges on Tuesday.
Both men have prior records:
Fortenberry's recent arrest was for burglary, theft, and assault with
bodily injury involving a family member. At the time of Hidic's death, Crumley
is on probabtion because of a theft charge dating back to April. A drug
charge was dismissed at the same sentencing.
Hidic, a German national from Bosnia, lived in the area of Fort Worth, Texas
with her sister. She studied at Trinity High School in Euless and
worked at the Los Jimadores Tex-Mex Tequila Factory in Bedford, Fox 4 reported. The man who discovered her dead body reportedly stopped talking to investigators, according to the Star-Telegram.


But police spokeswoman Sharron Neal told the newspaper that he is not a 'person of interest' or a suspect.

Investigators combed through the man's residence for two days but did not reveal what they had collected as evidence.

'We're
still interviewing witnesses, family and friends,' Neal said. 'We have
spent many hours there trying to find out what happened. It's just
taking some time to process all the evidence we have.'
Miss
Hidic's distressed family said they had no idea what happened to the
teenager, described by her sister Samira as ‘big-hearted and beautiful’.



Former foster parents Jim and Sue
Scionka told the local TV station that she dreamed of going to college
and becoming an actress. They asked that anyone with information come
forward.‘If your heart is touching you,’ said Mr
Scionka, ‘if you know anything about this situation I pray (you) would
contact the authorities.’A neighbor said he heard a loud bang at around the time of the shooting, which he described as being like something backfiring.

‘I don’t instantly think about a gunshot when I hear a bang like that,’ he said. ‘Not in this neighbourhood.’

Grieving friends started a Facebook page, dedicated to Hidic.


On it was posted: ‘Claudia was truly an amazing person she will forever and always have a piece of my heart.


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