Police call logs show 7 different calls to home of couple accused of killing missing teen

Duo arrested for teen girl's murder

FOX 13's Genevieve Curtis reports on SSPD receiving seven calls to the home of Steven Gress and Michelle Brandes since the beginning of the year before the pair's arrest for allegedly beating and killing Miranda Corsette, a 16-year-old girl.

LARGO, Fla. - David Horton owns the duplex where police say 16-year-old Miranda Corsette was held, beaten, and killed by Steven Gress and Michelle Brandes.

Mugshots of Steven Gress and Michelle Brandes.

"There was arguing and fighting; they would do that," said Horton.

The backstory:

Horton said things escalated in February. There were numerous issues at the property, with the tenant living above them having called the police at least once.

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"She had called me, my tenant, and she said, ‘There's something going on down there,’" said Horton.

The duplex where police say 16-year-old Miranda Corsette was held, beaten, and killed by Steven Gress and Michelle Brandes.

FOX 13 viewed the call logs, which show police were called to the home seven times since Jan. 1.

Those calls include general calls officers, domestic quarrels, a welfare check, domestic battery, and assault.

The last call resulted in Steven Gress getting arrested for a domestic incident.

The last call to the police, which resulted in Steven Gress getting arrested for a domestic incident.

None of the calls overlapped during the period when police believe Corsette was alive in the home from Feb. 15-24.

Dig deeper:

Police believe that Corsette was beaten and killed sometime between Feb. 20 and 24.

An affidavit says she died from suffocation. Police say Gress took her body to a home in Largo, where he dismembered her body.

Photos of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette.

Even though there had been persistent issues with his tenant, Horton was horrified by what allegedly happened on his property.

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"Absolutely no clue. None. No idea in the world that it escalated to this," Horton said.

Call logs to the police, showing the numerous different calls to Gress and Brandes's home.

A call for a welfare check at the duplex was made on Feb 25, one day after police believed Corsette was killed.

What's next:

Right now, the welfare check's details are unclear. SPPD said it would provide the report for that call on Tuesday.

"We had the police come out here, and they went in there, and they said, ‘Oh, no, there's nothing wrong in that apartment.’ Well, they were dead wrong. I think about that one," said Horton.