Jorge Diaz-Johnston

The roommate of a prominent LGBTQ activist has been indicted for first-degree murder and a grand jury has upped charges against a different man accused of killing a former FAMU cheerleader and graduate student. Both cases are some of the most high-profile slayings in Tallahassee this year.

Steven Yinger, roommate of Jorge Diaz-Johnston, is being held at the Leon County Jail for charges of theft, trespassing, resisting arrest, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested the day after Diaz-Johnston's body was found in a Jackson County landfill.

The murder investigation of a prominent LGBTQ+ leader is going before a grand jury, according to the Tallahassee Police Department.

The investigation into the death of Jorge Diaz-Johnston is moving swiftly, and the Tallahassee Police Department hopes to make an arrest soon.

Tallahassee resident and Florida LGBTQ leader Jorge Diaz-Johnston went missing earlier this month and was later found dead in a Jackson County landfill.