Missing Florida teen who was dismembered, tossed in dumpster was lured by sicko on social media: police

A Florida teen who had been missing for two weeks was dismembered and put in a dumpster, after she met an older man on social media, according to police.

Miranda Corsette, 16, was lured to meet Steven Gress, 35, on Valentine’s Day after talking on a social media app, according to the police investigation.

She went to his duplex the next day and was never seen again.

Gress and his partner, Michelle Brandes, 37, beat up Corsette over what they thought was a ring she had stolen from them, according to a police affidavit made public Saturday and reported by the Tampa Bay Times.

They “held the victim against her will for more than seven days and tortured her by repeatedly beating the victim and eventually stuffing a billiard ball into her mouth and wrapping her face with plastic wrap, causing her to suffocate,” the affidavit states.

Police believe Corsette was killed sometime between February 20 and February 24.

Then, they say her body was put in a car and taken to another house, where she was dismembered, before being put in a dumpster.

The couple is facing first-degree murder charges, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Gress was already in jail after being arrested on March 5 on unrelated charges of pointing a harpoon at Brandes and drug possession.

Brandes, who was initially on the loose, turned herself in Saturday and is also in custody.