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Inset: Nicholas J. Gandy (Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The area in North Carolina where Gandy’s girlfriend’s body was discovered (Google Maps).
A North Carolina man, aged 37, finds himself behind bars following an accusation of murdering his girlfriend, an incident that unfolded shortly after she shared a Snapchat video of their night out at a nightclub.
Nicholas Jordan Gandy now faces a murder charge in connection with the tragic death of 33-year-old Tabulon Debreshea Reece. Authorities took him into custody this week, marking a somber turn in what seemed to be an ordinary evening.
In the early hours of Sunday, around 6 a.m., the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to a distressing 911 call. The caller had requested a welfare check in the 700 block of Lawton Road, reporting the unsettling sight of a woman lying motionless on the ground.
Upon reaching the scene, officers discovered Reece, who had sustained a gunshot wound to the head. Sadly, emergency medical personnel confirmed that Reece had already passed away by the time help arrived.
Detectives learned from Reece’s family that she had spent the previous evening at a nightclub with Gandy, described in official documents as “her longtime boyfriend.” This information, detailed in a probable cause affidavit, paints a poignant picture of the night that ended in such tragedy.
The family said Reece left the house that evening in her Honda Accord. The car returned several hours later, but it was being driven by Gandy — and Reece was not with him.
“The victim’s family members advised that Gandy returned to the victim’s residence after the murder, in the victim’ s vehicle,” the affidavit says. “They advised that Gandy told them that the victim had his vehicle and he had the victim’s. The family members advised that Gandy drives a ‘goldish’ Lexus, four-door sedan with tinted windows.”
Investigators said that Gandy’s Lexus was not with the victim when she was found.
Police soon learned that Reece posted a story to her Snapchat account at around midnight. The post showed her at the nightclub in the same outfit she was wearing at the time of her death.
“Gandy is seen with her in the video,” police wrote in the affidavit.
Cellphone data from Reece’s device showed that on the night she was killed, her device pinged in the area where her body was later discovered as well as in the 10000 block of Old Dowd Road.
Investigators later discovered that at about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, shortly before Reece’s body was found, Gandy was arrested at an Amazon Distribution Center in the 10000 block of Old Dowd Road for what appeared to be “an unrelated incident.” Following up on that incident, detectives found that Gandy’s 2004 Lexus sedan had been towed from the distribution center parking lot.
Police responded to the towing company’s headquarters where they found the vehicle in the tow yard.
“Detectives observed blood inside the vehicle and a discharged cartridge casing on the driver’s side floorboard,” the affidavit said. “Detectives observed an ID card belonging to Gandy hanging from the rearview mirror.”
Gandy was arrested on Monday and charged with Reece’s murder. He is currently being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail without bond, records show. He is currently scheduled to make his next court appearance on March 10.