A man from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, who documented her travels across the United States on social media, has been charged with murder and is in jail in Los Angeles, California, CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca has confirmed.
Jeff Primeau in front of his white school bus camper. (Facebook)
Jeffrey Gary Primeau was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Western Division on February 9, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed in a phone call to CTV News.
Primeau is housed at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles, the largest mental health facility in the United States.
His bail was set at $2 million, and his next court date is March 14.
Multiple media outlets have reported that Primeau confessed to killing his girlfriend in self-defense after she allegedly threatened him with a knife around November 22.
The woman’s decomposed body was found by police in an RV near Los Angeles International Airport, and Primeau was arrested.
social media posts
CTV News has obtained two videos that Primeau posted to his Facebook account on November 12th (which were taken down on the night of February 19th), which show Primeau and a woman inside what appears to be a camper. I showed him what he was doing.
Jeff Primeau and the woman said they crossed the U.S.-Canada border without incident. (Facebook)
“So, yeah, we’re still figuring out a lot of things about each other, like what our real names are,” he says, and a woman with dreadlocks walks up behind him. I started laughing.
“That’s great…we’re going on a cross-border adventure. I was like, ‘So, my name is actually…’ Okay, here we go. I’m going to use my real name across the border.” going to.”
In one of his social media posts, he tagged a woman whose Facebook name is Ashley Strnado who resembles the woman who appeared in the Nov. 12 video.
Facebook user Ashley Strnado’s profile photo.
Her Facebook cover photo also shows a short white school bus that appears to have been converted into a camper.
White school bus converted into a camper (Ashley Strnad Facebook)
Primeau posted a second video on Nov. 12 in which he said he had safely crossed the border and arrived in Port Huron.
“They let us in,” he said, as a woman walking behind him laughed.
“I think the first thing we’re going to do is find a pharmacy and have a little celebration…the adventure begins.”
Primeau said the two crossed the border without incident.
“They asked me where I was going, and I said, ‘Arizona,’ and they said, ‘How long?'” I said, ‘Three or four months.’ “He said, ‘Okay, have a nice day,'” he said.
knife fight
On Nov. 16, Primeau posted a photo on Facebook of himself next to a bearded man in a white shirt and wrote, “After a near-knife fight…I found peace in Texas.” (lol)” with the caption.
Jeff Primeau posted on Facebook on Nov. 16 and Nov. 23 about a near-knife fight.
In a comment on that post, he said he was heading to California.
The next day, he posted a photo of himself with someone wearing a bunny mask, and someone asked in the comments, “Did you kick her off the bus yet?”
Mr. Primeau replied with a photo of a green tent set up in front of a parked white bus that appeared to belong to Strnad.
Jeff Primeau posted a photo of a green tent set up next to a white camper bus in response to a commenter who asked, “Did you kick her out of the bus yet?” (Facebook)
Between November 16 and 19, Primeau regularly posted photos on his Facebook page claiming to be in various locations in Texas.
After being suspended for more than a month, she resumed posting on January 1st with a photo of Salvation Mountain east of Los Angeles and the message: “I’m alive! Stay healthy, happy and humble.”
Posted by Jeff Primeau on Facebook on January 1/24
Los Angeles police have not released the identity of the murder victim.
CTV News reached out to the restaurant listed as Strnado and her working via social media, but had not received a response as of press time.
Los Angeles police have also not released a photo of the suspect.