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Man arrested for murder after woman found dead in abandoned Greensboro building, police say

Greensboro police said they arrested 24-year-old Marquease Shropshire in connection to a woman found dead inside an abandoned building on S. Church Street.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A man was arrested Tuesday in connection to a death investigation in August, according to Greensboro police. 

Officers said 24-year-old Marquease Shropshire is accused of murdering Tiffany Holmes-Williams.

On Aug. 2, Greensboro police said they responded to the 100 block of South Church Street, where officers found Holmes-Williams dead inside an abandoned building.

Shropshire is in custody and has since been charged with the following:

  • First Degree Murder
  • Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill or Inflict Serious Injury
  • Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon
  • Larceny of a Firearm
  • Discharge of a Weapon into an Occupied Property
  • Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

Police said Shropshire is being held without bond at the Guilford County Jail.

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