A man convinced his 4ft ex-girlfriend to let him tie her to a sign in the desert for 'S&M pictures', before suffocating her to death, according to the FBI.
John Matthew Chapman, 39, has been charged with kidnapping his disabled former partner Jaime Rae Feden and dumping her in the Nevada desert, US.
Ms Feden, 33, who went missing in September, was found dead, naked and bound to a signpost in October. Chapman drove Ms Feden from Pennsylvania to Las Vegas to go house hunting in September, the authorities claim.
However, a court affidavit signed by an FBI agent alleges Chapman planned to kill Feden during the trip - and had even prepared a 'kill kit' before he left.
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