Man indicted in Union University campus homicide
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DOWNTOWN JACKSON — A man accused of murdering his fiancee on the campus of Union University and then attempting to make it appear to be suicide has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. Charles Pittman, 22, of Jackson, was indicted Monday morning in connection with the February death of his fiancee, Olivia Greenlee, 21, on Union University‘s campus, according to a release from the Jackson Police Department. “He was the last person who had seen Olivia alive, and so information he had was critical in the case, and as we listened to his story, there were things we had to dissect,” Jackson Police Capt. Tyreece Miller explained. Police were called to the parking lot of Luther Hall on Union’s campus around 8 a.m. Feb. 12 after Greenlee was found dead inside her Toyota Corolla, according to the release. Police and an assistant county medical examiner found a gun inside the car, and the cause of death was determined to be a single gunshot wound, the release states Police developed Pittman, Greenlee’s fiance, as a person of interest. The investigation determined that Pittman shot Greenlee as she sat inside her car at Luther Hall and then staged the crime scene to give the appearance that Greenlee had committed suicide, according to the release. Pittman was arrested Feb. 14 in Jackson and charged with Greenlee’s murder. “From the time he was arrested, all the way up until even today, we’re still investigating,” Capt. Miller said. Pittman and Greenlee both were Union students who lived separately off campus in Jackson, police have said. Students and friends of Greenlee said they miss their friend. “I was always lucky to have the same lesson time as she did. We were in separate rooms, but next to each other, so I could always hear her singing in her voice lesson. She had a beautiful voice, would always ring out in our choir,” fellow music student Logan Brasher said. Brasher explained it’s brought the music department and students in various organizations across campus closer together. “We remember what’s behind us, and we are certainly never going to forget it, and we don’t want to return to a normal state. But I’ve always been told to remember the journey that’s behind and the one that’s ahead, and that’s what we’re doing,” Brasher sad. Pittman is being held at the Madison County Jail without bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned at 8 a.m. next Monday in Madison County Circuit Court.
