A Detroit man who allegedly committed three murders after being released on a low bond following a violent attack has been charged with committing an additional murder prior to his original arrest.

On June 4, 2022, the body of 24-year-old Natayla Morse was found in a field on Detroit’s east side. For nearly a year, no one has been charged with her murder, until now.

Jonathan Welch, 23, has been charged with murdering Morse with “blunt force trauma” to her head before stealing her car and setting it on fire, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release. It is unclear how Welch and Morse knew each other.

It is the latest development in Welch’s alleged crime spree. Welch was originally charged with multiple felonies, including torture, in crimes unrelated to Morse’s murder, Fox 2 Detroit reported. On June 12, he allegedly attacked and sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend, Zlayiah Frazier, and was arrested and charged.

Welch allegedly strangled Frazier, poured gasoline on her, burned her with a metal spatula and threatened to assault her with a drill. He also allegedly attempted to sexually assault her with a pole. Welch allegedly did all this because was upset about Frazier potentially talking to someone else on her phone and demanded to see her conversations. He attacked her when she refused to hand over her phone. During the assault, the couple’s young child was in a room nearby.

Despite these facts, Welch’s bond was set at $100,000 with a 10% cash surety, meaning he only had to pay $10,000 to be released from prison.

Within a few days of leaving prison, Welch allegedly murdered Frazier, then barricaded himself in his mother’s house and shot at police.

“They let him out of jail, he killed my sister, he killed my sister,” Frazier’s sister, Breonna, told Fox 2 Detroit in July 2022.

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After shooting at police, Welch allegedly set his mother’s house on fire, and is also accused of killing his stepfather and critically stabbing his mother.

“They should’ve never let him out of prison,” Breonna told the outlet. “I don’t have nothing else to say.”

Welch was arrested again and charged with 19 counts, including first-degree murder. No bond was set after the deaths.

“Because he was not incarcerated she is now dead, his father is now dead, his mother is in a hospital bed,” Attorney James Galen, Jr told Fox 2. “He’s got a baby out there that most likely will never see his father again and will never have a chance to know the baby’s mother.”

“He’s 23 years old, a timebomb. I’m not saying the magistrate or judge could’ve predicted that, but with the charges and the nature of the charges, it should’ve been apparent that society needed big protection,” he added, referring to the low bond that allowed Welch to leave prison and go on his alleged killing spree.

Former NBA player-turned-human rights activist Enes Freedom said that TikTok is censoring information damaging to the Chinese state.

Freedom, who has played for several NBA teams including the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks, said he downloaded the Chinese-owned video-sharing app and posted about China’s human rights abuses.

“I bought myself a second phone and downloaded Tiktok to start posting about China’s human rights abuses,” Freedom tweeted on Thursday. Freedom said he was quickly booted from the platform. He believes China’s government was behind the decision.

“It literally took the CCP one week to ban me permanently,” he wrote, adding, “TikTok is a Chinese Communist surveillance vehicle!”

“Stop stealing people’s information!” Freedom added.

I bought myself a second phone and downloaded Tiktok to start posting about #China’s human rights abuses.

It literally took the #CCP one week to ban me permanently.

TikTok is a Chinese Communist surveillance vehicle! pic.twitter.com/Wsk7HJo6fy

— Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) March 23, 2023

Freedom shared what appear to be screenshots of his TikTok account after it was banned.

“Your account was permanently banned for violating our Community Guidelines. To appeal this decision, include a description of the issue below,” read TikTok’s message on Freedom’s account.

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TikTok appears to have reviewed and responded to Freedom’s appeal, according to another screenshot. TikTok’s message to Freedom says the account still violates TikTok’s guidelines and “cannot be restored.”

“You’ll no longer be able to log into TikTok with your account,” the message reads, according to a screenshot.

Freedom was born in Turkey and immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager. He became an American citizen in 2021 and legally changed his last name to Freedom in honor of the occasion.

In 2022, Freedom was cut by the Houston Rockets, effectively halting his NBA career. Freedom has said he believes he was cut due to his outspoken criticism of the Chinese Communist Party.

“Because in recent months, I spoke out against what is happening in China,” Freedom said at the time. “Listen, the Chinese market is a significant part of the business in the NBA. So they will allow you to talk freely about what you want until it hurts their pocket. As soon as you do that, they will cut you. It is very sad and unacceptable.”

TikTok is currently under scrutiny from lawmakers in Washington over national security concerns related to how the company handles Americans’ data. 

The Biden administration has threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S. unless TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, sells the U.S. version of the app.

On Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee and attempted to reassure lawmakers that there is no reason to ban TikTok. However, Chew did not answer directly when asked whether Chinese officials at ByteDance had helped him prepare for the congressional hearing.

Chew also said he opposes a forced sale of the U.S. TikTok app.

The tensions over TikTok have put the Chinese and U.S. governments at odds with each other. The Chinese government weighed in on Thursday, saying it will “firmly oppose” the sale of TikTok.

On Tuesday amid the scrutiny, TikTok updated its Community Guidelines to include new restrictions, around the topic of climate change and vaccines as well as restrictions on AI-generated images of young people and private figures.