{"id":143700,"date":"2023-09-29T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=143700"},"modified":"2023-09-29T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:40:10","slug":"duchess-of-york-says-ex-personal-assistant-was-murdered-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/duchess-of-york-says-ex-personal-assistant-was-murdered-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess of York says ex-personal assistant was murdered in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sarah Ferguson reveals her long time personal assistant has been in murdered in Texas &#8211; as the Duchess of York says she is &#8216;shocked and saddened&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The body of Jenean Chapman, 46, was found at her Dallas home on Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sarah Ferguson has paid tribute to her former personal assistant after she was murdered in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of York said she was &#8216;shocked and saddened&#8217; to learn of the death of Jenean Chapman, who had previously worked with the member of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old said Ms Chapman, 46, was a &#8216;loyal, hardworking, beautiful and fun&#8217; woman and pledged to help her family pay for her funeral costs.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Chapman&#8217;s body was found by police at her apartment in Dallas, Texas, on Monday just five months after moving to the city.<\/p>\n<p>A 48-year-old man, James Patrick, was arrested by police in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday on suspicion of her murder,\u00a0NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth\u00a0reported. He remains in custody.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/22\/75996817-12576913-image-a-48_1696022002302.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Ferguson has paid tribute to her former personal assistant Jenean Chapman after she was murdered in Texas. Pictured: The Duchess of York (left) in a car with Ms Chapman (right)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/22\/75996811-12576913-image-a-49_1696022005355.jpg\" height=\"633\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jenean Chapman&#8217;s body was found by police at her apartment in Dallas, Texas, on Monday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Ms Chapman began working with the Duchess of York as her first job after graduating from New York&#8217;s Syracuse University with a degree in TV, film and production.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on her Instagram page, she wrote: &#8216;I am shocked and saddened to learn that Jenean Chapman, who worked with me as my personal assistant many years ago, has been murdered in Dallas aged just 46. A suspect is in custody.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Jenean was loyal, hardworking, beautiful and fun and my heart breaks for her family and friends. I heard from her just a couple of months ago and she seemed so happy. Her family is raising money to transport her body back to New York City and pay for legal and funeral costs.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE HERE:\u00a0 Sarah Ferguson &#8216;celebrates the legacy&#8217; the late Queen and her own mother Susan Barrantes with touching tribute as she marks 25th anniversary of her death<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;I will be making a donation and supporting the family in any way possible &#8211; please help if you can at the link in my bio.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to a LinkedIn page, Ms Chapman worked with Sarah Ferguson for four years between 2001 and 2005 where she assisted with the Duchess&#8217;s travel, press and tour plans, as well as handling her research and diary.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Chapman&#8217;s family claimed that after living in New York, she had worked in San Francisco before travelling to Dallas for a new job.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after her body was found,\u00a0Ms Chapman&#8217;s\u00a0sister, Nicole Marshall said: &#8216;She was a force to be reckoned with, she was a role model.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She was an amazing person, and I still look up to her. I always look up to her as like what I wanted to accomplish in my corporate career.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another sibling, Crystal Marshall, said: &#8216;Her first job out of college was working with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So she worked with the royal family as a personal assistant, and then from there, she worked at Def Jam, so she worked with the Simmons family.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Nicole added: &#8216;She was just an accomplished intellectual. She was a kind person and compassionate. She had a heart of mush.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Police discovered Ms Chapman&#8217;s body at her apartment in Elm Street, Dallas, at around 1.15pm on Monday, September 25.<\/p>\n<p>Her passing was initially investigated as &#8216;unexplained&#8217;, before a post-mortem determined her death was a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>A day later James Patrick, 48, was arrested by University of Texas Police on suspicion of murder.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Chapman&#8217;s family has set up a fundraiser to help with the costs of transporting her body from Texas to New York City and the funeral fees. 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