Man Indicted in Death of Girlfriend

June 10, 2020 – A southeast Memphis man has been indicted in the death of his girlfriend who was found wounded in a bathtub and died nearly a year later, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A grand jury this week indicted Jeremy Griffin, 28, on second-degree murder charges in the incident involving 26-year-old Stephani Shanks.

On March 25, 2017, police were called to an apartment in the 3300 block of Madras Place near Hickory Hill and Knight Arnold where they found the victim in a tub of water with a gunshot wound to the head.

She was hospitalized in critical condition and died on Feb. 4 the following year. The medical examiner said the cause of death was the gunshot wound.

Griffin told investigators that his gun accidentally went off during an argument.

The case is being handled by Chief Prosecutor Greg Gilbert of the District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit which prosecutes felony cases of domestic assault and homicide committed by intimate partners.

The Unit also works closely with the Shelby County Family Safety Center to provide services and assistance to victims and their families.