New information has been released detailing the horrific injuries former NFL player Darron Lee’s girlfriend suffered when she was found dead inside a home earlier this month.
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Detective Brian Lockhart testified this week that there was blood on the staircase, handrails, walls, floors and in nearly every room of the house, News Channel 9 in Chattanooga [reports](https://newschannel9.com/news/local/former-nfl-player-charged-with-murder-expected-to-make-tennessee-courtroom-appearance-ooltewah-homicide-hamilton-county-courthouse-first-degree-murder-charge-tampering-with-evidence-snow-cone-way-domestic-violence-warning-signs).
In addition, Lockhart said that the victim suffered severe brain trauma, a broken neck, bruising across her body, a large bite mark on her shoulder and thigh, stab wounds to her legs and significant facial trauma.
Darron Lee, a former first-round pick of the New York Jets, has been [charged](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2026/02/ex-nfl-first-round-pick-ohio-state-star-charged-with-murder-after-girlfriends-death.html) with first-degree murder in the case.
He has also been charged with tampering with evidence after his girlfriend, Gabriella Carvalho Perpétuo, was found dead inside a rented home in Ooltewah, Tenn.
Lee was denied bond on Wednesday and prosecutors have indicated that they intend to seek the death penalty in his case.
The 31-year-old Lee starred at Ohio State, winning a national championship, before the Jets drafted him in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
He went on to spend three seasons with the Jets and also spent time with the Chiefs, Bills and Raiders, winning a Super Bowl during the 2019 season with Kansas City.
Darron Lee was also arrested in Ohio in 2023 after his child’s mother told police that he attacked her.