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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — An on and off again girlfriend of Adrian Lewis testified in court Wednesday. Lewis is accused of killing his wife Shanitia Eure- Lewis in July of last year, although her body is yet to be found. News 'Hope she rots:' Pastor says homicide suspect called him after wife vanished 'Hope she rots in hell:' Pastor says husband charged with killing Newport News wife called after disappearance Tomeka Davis, who had been in a relationship with Adrian for several years, testified the week Shanitia went missing, he came to Tomeka’s house with a gun, appeared drunk, and made threats against his wife.Tomeka testified she then received a text from Adrian the following day, July 14, that said, “You saved her for a night but if she don’t act right she’s done.”On July 17, the day of Shanitia’s disappearance, Tomeka testified that Adrian called her and asked her to pretend to be Shanitia and text and call the man Adrian thought Shanitia was having an affair with.Jurors heard from the man, Carlos Myers, who denied having a sexual relationship with Shanitia. He said they were “very good friends.”Tomeka also said Adrian texted her around noon on July 17 and said he was leaving to “tie up some loose ends.” Tomeka testified Wednesday that she received a phone call from Adrian around 9 p.m. the night his wife went missing, where Adrian said “I did it” while laughing. Jurors also heard from Shanitia’s sister Deidre Eure. She testified on the day of Shanitia’s disappearance she saw Adrian covered in sweat next to a dumpster. Wade Falcom/WTKR Police later pulled out shoes and a purse belonging to Shanitia, a shovel, a moving tarp, and some mail from that dumpster, according to the prosecution. Police later pulled out shoes and a

Shanitia Eure-Lewis went missing one month ago on July 17. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Wednesday marks one month since Newport News mother Shanitia Eure-Lewis went missing. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said detectives are “making progress” in the search for Eure-Lewis and he’s getting weekly updates on the case. Eure-Lewis’s children last saw her arguing with her husband, Adrian Lewis. He now faces first-degree murder and gun charges related to her disappearance. Investigators arrested Lewis at the airport in DC after he tried to board a flight to Jamaica. Authorities found his wife's passport and credit cards in his luggage. Court documents say Eure-Lewis planned to file for divorce. Tuesday, during Chief Drew's monthly "Chat with the Chief" session, he told community members that officers are still trying to locate her. “I still get briefings a couple of times a week on that case," Chief Drew said. "We’re certainly making progress. Very much though, it’s in the back of my head daily.” In July, Newport News police officers recovered a dirty shovel and Eure-Lewis’ purse and sandals from a garbage bin. “The detectives are kind of working two sides of the case - the investigative side and the location side," Chief Drew said. “The information we have from the detectives, from technology, I don’t have a large area to search," Chief Drew explained. "We’ve been able to locate some very specific locations to search at this point. And that’s where we’ve sent our forensic teams to process.”

Shanitia Mikell Eure was murdered by her husband, Adrian Salvatore Lewis, 49. Lewis was charged on Monday, July 19. (NNPD)TOPICS:JamaicaShanita Eure-LewisSteve DrewU.S. CustomsVirginia,United StatesWashington, D.C.Washington,United StatesAdrian Salvatore LewisSTERLING, Va. (7News) — A Virginia man was taken into custody after he allegedly tried to flee the country following his wife's murder, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.Adrian Salvatore Lewis, 49, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the disappearance of 35-year-old Shanita Eure-Lewis, federal officials said.Eure-Lewis was reported missing to Newport News Police Sunday when she reportedly left Gethsemane Baptist Church around 9 a.m. and stated she would return for a second service, but didn't.According to police, Eure’s lack of communication and inconsistent behavior stated by her family was unusual.Investigators learned she was last spotted with her husband leaving their home around 9:40 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle they traveled in was found in Hampton Monday afternoon, police said.SEE ALSO | Washington Dulles airport to get nearly $50 million through FAA fundingLewis was at the departure gate at Dulles International Airport for a flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica when CBP officers called him in for questioning. Around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, Lewis was escorted from the airport to Newport News, where he was arrested and charged.“My heart goes out to Mrs. Eure’s family, especially her children, as well as the Gethsemane Baptist Church community,” Chief of Police Steve Drew said. “We are doing everything we can to find her and bring her loved ones some closure.”CBP officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents discovered his wife’s passports and credit cards in his baggage after his arrest.NNPD continues to search for Eure-Lewis' body and police have narrowed the search to a few specific locations.SEE ALSO |Over $27K in 'unreported currency' seized from Ethiopia-bound family at Dulles airport“This case

The body of a missing Virginia woman has not been found two years after she disappeared, police say. Her husband was sentenced on a murder charge. Screengrab from Kia Bethea's Facebook post The husband of a missing Virginia woman was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison — but her body still hasn’t been found, authorities said.Adrian Lewis, 50, received the sentence Jan. 19 after a jury convicted him of a first-degree murder charge in September 2023, records show.As part of his sentence, Lewis can’t have contact with his and his wife’s children until they are 18, WAVY reported.Lewis’ attorneys declined to provide a comment to local news when the man was found guilty, WVEC reported. McClatchy News could not reach the defense attorneys for comment on Jan. 22. His wife, Shanitia Eure-Lewis, was last seen in Newport News July 17, 2022, according to the Newport News Police Department.The couple was seen traveling together that morning, police said. She was supposed to be heading back to church when her family said she never showed up.At the time, state police believed her to be in “extreme danger.” The day after the mother of two disappeared, investigators also said they found Lewis at the airport headed to Jamaica with his wife’s passport and credit cards, WVEC reported. Investigators said they found his truck that same day, and after recovering evidence from it, the missing person investigation became a homicide investigation.Authorities said the wife’s blood was found in Lewis’ truck, and in the week leading up to her disappearance, he had looked up murder sentences in Virginia and what happens when you shoot someone in the head, WTKR reported. On July 19, 2022, Lewis was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony, although he was found not guilty on the latter charge, records show.The day after the sentence was handed down, Eure-Lewis’ family held an illumination service in her memory. Her family called her a “beloved mother, daughter, sister, niece, cousin, aunt and friend.” But they still want to recover her body.“Not knowing where she is, not being able to give her the proper burial, she didn’t deserve that,” her sister Deidra Eure told WTKR. “She deserves to be laid to rest properly.” mcclatchy-newsroom Olivia Lloyd is a National Real-Time Reporter for McClatchy covering the Southeast. She is based in