Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now, Romain Maddox, 36 and William Barrett

59, get to their Washington, D.C. hotel room.

Then, chilling screams pierced pierce the silence.

During an argument, Maddox starts punching Barrett

and quote, running her mouth.

So he chokes her with his belt.

Thinking she's already dead,

he's shot when she wakes up screaming for help.

He then punches her, grabs the lid from a toilet tank,

and hits her multiple times until it breaks into pieces.

Hours later, a hotel employee discovers Romaine Maddox, lifeless.

Nancy Maddox and Barrett were caught on surveillance footage wandering the halls naked before the deadly argument.

Police tracked Barrett down after reviewing the evidence and while in custody, Barrett admits

to the crime, telling cops he fell asleep after the attack.

At the time of his arrest, Barrett had blood on his head and face, his cell phone, two pairs

of gloves, his boxers, and belt.

He tries to claim self-defense, recounting a struggle that escalated into fatal violence.

William Barrett charged with first-degree murder in the death of Romaine, Maddox.

An unarmed Florida man goes on a night cruise through the checkpoint of the Pinellas County Jail and takes in the sites of the jail property.

Deputies quickly stop the man and notice he's DUI. The drunk driver is booked for his second DUI at the same jail and released on $3,500 bond.

I wonder if he's behind the wheel right now.

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