Fatal Affairs on ID is investigating the murder of Lyntell Washington and her unborn child by Robert Marks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
On the morning of June 9, 2016, a member of the public spotted Washington’s 3-year-old daughter standing alone by the side of the road. The witness noticed that the child had blood on her foot. The child took the man to her mother’s car, where the witness saw a lot of blood on the backseat.
The witness had already dialed 911, and the operator was recording the conversation with the child. “Mr. Robbie did that blood,” explained the child.
In June 2016, 40-year-old Washington was a teacher at a middle school and Robert Marks was the assistant principal at the same school, and the pair were having an affair. Washington was seven months pregnant, and Marks was the father.
The cops learned that “Mr. Robbie” was Marks, and he became suspect number one. The investigators discovered from cellphone data that Washington and Marks had traveled west from Baton Rouge to Iberville Parish on June 8, the evening she disappeared.
Marks told the police he had briefly met Washington at a Walmart, but they soon parted company. He claimed he had spent the evening at a restaurant, but when the cops inquired at the restaurant, they had no record of him ever being there, and he did not appear on surveillance footage.
Evidence mounted against Robert Marks in Lyntell Washington murder case
The investigators checked Marks’s internet search history and found he had searched for ways to get out of paying child support. More chillingly, he had also searched for a rifle and other incriminating phrases such as “pregnant shot,” “injection of Clorox,” and “What would happen if you inject bleach into your bloodstream?”
Watch the Latest on our YouTube ChannelMarks was arrested the following day. While in custody, he contacted his sister, asking her to delete his iPad and Apple watch.
Washington’s remains were discovered four days later in a rural area near Grosse Tete, LA. She was lying in a drainage ditch at the edge of a cornfield. The teacher had suffered a gunshot to the head.
Robert Marks faced multiple charges over Lyntell Washington killing
A medical examination determined that the fetus might have been able to survive outside the womb had it received early medical attention.
Robert Marks was eventually convicted on a number of charges, including second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree feticide, and aggravated kidnapping of a child.
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Fatal Affairs airs Monday at 9/8c on Investigation Discovery.