Gareeca Gordon is a killer from England who has been convicted of the murder of Phoenix Netts
According to court documents Gareeca Gordon and Phoenix Netts were roommates and when Gordon expressed interest in changing their relationship status to romantic she did not take Phoenix rejection well
Garecca Gordon would fatally stab Phoenix Netts and would then attempt to dispose of her body by setting her on fire. Gordon would then place Netts body into two suitcase that were ultimately discovered
Garecca Gordon would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for twenty three and a half years
Gareeca Gordon Case
A woman who murdered and concealed the remains of her former friend in two suitcases has been jailed.
Gareeca Gordon, 28, previously admitted killing Phoenix Netts, 28, at their shared accommodation in Birmingham.
Officers found a partially burned torso in one of the suitcases when they stopped Gordon in the Forest of Dean. She apologised and said: “Sorry guys, I didn’t want you to see that.”
Gordon must now serve a minimum term of 23 years and six months in prison
Bristol Crown Court heard Miss Netts and Gordon were friends until Gordon wanted their relationship to become sexual, which Miss Netts had rejected.
On 7 April Miss Netts sent a text to another friend stating: “There’s a girl here who keeps asking me to be sexual.
“I think I’m going to move back to London. It’s scaring me lol.”
Her father Mark Netts told the court in a victim impact statement: “Our lives have been irreversibly changed and the anguish is indescribable.”
Her mother, Saskia, said she would be “forever devastated, forever empty”.
Prosecutor Andrew Smith QC, said: “Both statements speak of the profound, understandable and enduring loss experienced through the loss of a much loved daughter with whom they expected to share the next chapter of her life.”
Gordon stabbed Ms Netts four times on 16 April, 2020 and another woman living in the shared accommodation reported hearing shouts of “help me, help me” as well as drilling and banging noises.
During sentencing, High Court judge Mrs Justice Cutts said Miss Netts could yet have survived her injuries but Gordon “deliberately did nothing” to help.
Instead she allowed Miss Netts to die in her room, while she carried out internet searches for how to treat a punctured lung.
The court also heard Gordon made a number of trips to the Forest of Dean and attempted to burn the remains of Ms Netts in woodland there.
Police found her with two suitcases at a quarry near Coleford when they were investigating reports of a potential lockdown breach on 12 May.
Impersonation tactics
Det Ch Insp John Turner of Gloucestershire Police said Gordon came across as “cold and evasive” when she spoke to officers.
“When they tried to look in the suitcase she tried to push them away so officers thought perhaps there were drugs or stolen property in it,” he said.
“When they eventually opened it they were really shocked to find a dismembered body in there,” he added.
“Following her arrest and caution she said ‘sorry guys, I didn’t want you to see that’ which is clearly a rather strange thing to say. From what we were looking at it was clear we were dealing with a very devious person.
“I genuinely believe if officers hadn’t found Gordon on that night we would never have found her body. From the investigation we found out she had a very devious plot to fool people into thinking that Phoenix was still alive,” he continued.
Det Supt Scott Griffiths, who led the investigation for West Midlands Police, said the case had been “extremely distressing” for friends and family of the victim.
“She went to great lengths to pretend Phoenix was still alive and had moved out of the area, as well as great efforts to dispose of her body, hoping her despicable crime would go unnoticed.”
